MUNPACK

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NAME

munpack - unpack messages in MIME or split-uuencode format

SYNOPSIS

munpack [ -f ] [ -q ] [ -t ] [ -C directory ] [ filename ... ]

DESCRIPTION

The munpack program reads each RFC-822 message filename and writes all non-text MIME parts or split-uuencoded files as files. If no filename argument is given, munpack reads from standard input.

If the message suggests a file name to use for the imbedded part, that name is cleaned of potential problem characters and used for the output file. If the suggested filename includes subdirectories, they will be created as necessary. If the message does not suggest a file name, the names "part01", "part02", etc are used in sequence.

If the imbedded part was preceded with textual information, that information is also written to a file. The file is named the same as the imbedded part, with any filename extension replaced with ".desc".

OPTIONS

-f: Force overwriting of existing files. If a message suggests a file name of an existing file, the file will be overwritten. Without this flag, munpack appends ".1", ".2", etc to find a nonexistent file.
-q: Be quiet. Supresses messages about saving partial messages and about messages with no interesting information.
-t: Also write the text MIME parts of multipart messages as files. By default, text parts that do not have a filename parameter do not get unpacked. This option effectively disables the ".desc" file feature for MIME messages.
-C directory: Change the current directory to directory before reading any files. This is useful when invoking munpack from a mail or news reader.

ENVIRONMENT

TMPDIR: Directory to store temporary files. Default is /tmp.

FILES

$TMPDIR/message-parts-$USER/: Directory used to store partial messages awaiting reassembly.

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