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1;;; unrmail.el --- convert Rmail files to mailbox files.
2
3;;; Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5;; Keywords: mail
6
7;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
8
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22
23;;; Code:
24
25(defvar command-line-args-left)	;Avoid 'free variable' warning
26
27;;;###autoload
28(defun batch-unrmail ()
29  "Convert Rmail files to system inbox format.
30Specify the input Rmail file names as command line arguments.
31For each Rmail file, the corresponding output file name
32is made by adding `.mail' at the end.
33For example, invoke `emacs -batch -f batch-unrmail RMAIL'."
34  ;; command-line-args-left is what is left of the command line (from startup.el)
35  (if (not noninteractive)
36      (error "`batch-unrmail' is to be used only with -batch"))
37  (let ((error nil))
38    (while command-line-args-left
39      (or (unrmail (car command-line-args-left)
40		   (concat (car command-line-args-left) ".mail"))
41	  (setq error t))
42      (setq command-line-args-left (cdr command-line-args-left)))
43    (message "Done")
44    (kill-emacs (if error 1 0))))
45
46;;;###autoload
47(defun unrmail (file to-file)
48  "Convert Rmail file FILE to system inbox format file TO-FILE."
49  (interactive "fUnrmail (rmail file): \nFUnrmail into (new mailbox file): ")
50  (let ((message-count 0)
51	(rmail-delete-after-output nil))
52    (rmail file)
53    (message "Writing messages to %s..." to-file)
54    (while (< message-count rmail-total-messages)
55      (rmail-show-message
56       (setq message-count (1+ message-count)))
57      (rmail-output to-file 1 t))
58    (message "Writing messages to %s...done" to-file)))
59
60;;; unrmail.el ends here
61