.IR content ]
\&...
.RB [ \-auto " | " \-noauto ]
-.RB [ \-version ]
+.RB [ \-Version ]
.RB [ \-help ]
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B \-type
switch,
a multipart content (of any subtype listed above) is always acted
-upon. Further note that if the
-.B \-type
-switch is used, and it is
-desirable to act on a message/external-body content, then the
-.B \-type
-switch must be used twice: once for message/external-body
-and once for the content externally referenced.
+upon.
.SS "Storing the Contents"
The
.B mhstore
will store the contents of the named messages in
\*(lqnative\*(rq (decoded) format. Two things must be determined:
-the directory to store the content, and the filenames. Files are
+the directory to store the content, and the filenames.
+.PP
+By default (or if the
+.B \-auto
+switch is given),
+.B mhstore
+uses filename information, contained in the message, if available.
+(This information should be specified
+as the attribute \*(lqname=filename\*(rq in the \*(lqContent-Type\*(rq header
+for the content you are storing.)
+Only the basename of this filename is considered.
+If it begins with the character '.', '|', or '!',
+or if it contains the character '%', automatic naming won't happen for
+security reasons. (See below for the fall-back.)
+.PP
+Files are
written in the directory given by the \*(lqnmh-storage\*(rq profile
entry, e.g.,
.PP
nmh-storage: /tmp
.RE
.PP
+(Note that \*(lqnmh-storage\*(rq is relative to the folder that contains
+the message.)
If this entry isn't present,
the current working directory is used.
+Attachments will get stored in either the `nmh-storage' or the current working
+directory \(en in no case elsewhere.
+Existing files get silently overwritten.
.PP
If the
-.B \-auto
-switch is given, then
-.B mhstore
-will check if
-the message contains information indicating the filename that should
-be used to store the content. This information should be specified
-as the attribute \*(lqname=filename\*(rq in the \*(lqContent-Type\*(rq header
-for the content you are storing. For security reasons, this filename
-will be ignored if it begins with the character '/', '.', '|', or '!',
-or if it contains the character '%'. For the sake of security,
-this switch is not the default, and it is recommended that you do
-NOT put the
-.B \-auto
-switch in your
-.I \&.mmh/profile
-file.
-.PP
-If the
-.B \-auto
-switch is not given (or is being ignored for security
-reasons) then
+.B \-noauto
+switch is given (or a filename is being ignored for security reasons) then
.B mhstore
will look in the user's profile for a
\*(lqformatting string\*(rq to determine how the different contents
solely of a \*(lq+\*(rq character is interpreted to be the current
folder.
.PP
-If the formatting string consists solely of a \*(lq-\*(rq character,
+If the formatting string consists solely of a \*(lq\-\*(rq character,
then the content is sent to the standard output.
.PP
If the formatting string starts with a '|', then the display string
Otherwise the formatting string will represent a pathname in which
to store the content. If the formatting string starts with a '/',
then the content will be stored in the full path given, else the
-file name will be relative to the value of \*(lqnmh-storage\*(rq or
-the current working directory. Any escapes (given below) will be
-expanded, except for the a-escape. Note that if \*(lqnmh-storage\*(rq
-is not an absolute path, it will be relative to the folder that
-contains the message(s).
+file name will be relative to either the value of \*(lqnmh-storage\*(rq,
+if set, or the current working directory.
+Existing files get silently overwritten.
.PP
A command or pathname formatting string may contain the following
escapes. If the content isn't part of a multipart (of any subtype
.PP
If no formatting string is found,
.B mhstore
-will check to see
-if the content is application/octet-stream with parameter
-\*(lqtype=tar\*(rq. If so,
-.B mhstore
-will choose an appropriate
-filename. If the content is not application/octet-stream, then
-.B mhstore
will check to see if the content is a message. If
so,
.B mhstore
can not
locate every partial necessary to reassemble the message, it will
not store anything.
-RE
-.PP
-By using the
-.B \-auto
-switch,
-.B mhstore
-will automatically do the extraction for you:
-.PP
-.RS 5
-.nf
-% mhlist 5-8
- msg part type/subtype size description
- 5 message/partial 47K part 1 of 4
- 6 message/partial 47K part 2 of 4
- 7 message/partial 47K part 3 of 4
- 8 message/partial 18K part 4 of 4
-% mhstore 5-8
-reassembling partials 5,6,7,8 to folder inbox as message 9
-% mhlist 9
- msg part type/subtype size description
- 9 application/octet-stream 118K
- (extract with uncompress | tar xvpf -)
- type=tar
- conversions=compress
-% mhstore -auto 9
--- tar listing appears here as files are extracted
-.fi
.RE
-.PP
-As the second
-.B tar
-listing is generated, the files are extracted.
-A prudent user will never put
-.B \-auto
-in the profile.
-The correct procedure is to first use
-.B mhlist
-to find out what will be extracted. Then
-.B mhstore
-can be invoked with
-.B \-auto
-to perform the extraction.
.SS "External Access"
-For contents of type message/external-body,
-\fImhstore\fR supports these access-types:
-.PP
-.IP \(bu 4
-afs
-.IP \(bu 4
-anon-ftp
-.IP \(bu 4
-ftp
-.IP \(bu 4
-local-file
-.IP \(bu 4
-mail-server
-.PP
-For the \*(lqanon-ftp\*(rq and \*(lqftp\*(rq access types,
-.B mhstore
-will look for the \*(lqnmh-access-ftp\*(rq
-profile entry, e.g.,
-.PP
-.RS 5
-nmh-access-ftp: myftp.sh
-.RE
-.PP
-to determine the pathname of a program to perform the FTP retrieval.
-This program is invoked with these arguments:
-.PP
-.RS 5
-.nf
-domain name of FTP-site
-username
-password
-remote directory
-remote filename
-local filename
-\*(lqascii\*(rq or \*(lqbinary\*(rq
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-The program should terminate with an exit status of zero if the
-retrieval is successful, and a non-zero exit status otherwise.
+.B Mhstore
+does not automatically retrieve message/external-body parts (anymore),
+but prints the relevant information to enable the user to retrieve
+the files manually.
.SS "User Environment"
Because the display environment in which
.B mhstore
.ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName 'u
^Path:~^To determine the user's mail storage
^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
-^nmh-access-ftp:~^Program to retrieve contents via FTP
^nmh-storage~^Directory to store contents
^mhstore-store-<type>*~^Template for storing contents
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-mhbuild(1), mhlist(1), mhshow(1), sendfiles(1)
+mhbuild(1), mhlist(1), show(1), sendfiles(1)
.SH DEFAULTS
.nf
.RB ` +folder "' defaults to the current folder"
.RB ` msgs "' defaults to cur"
-.RB ` \-noauto '
+.RB ` \-auto '
.SH CONTEXT
If a folder is given, it will become the current folder. The last
.SH BUGS
Partial messages contained within a multipart content are not reassembled.
+.PP
+Existing files get silently overwritten.
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