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authorMatthew Lemon <matt@matthewlemon.com>2022-10-05 16:33:10 +0100
committerMatthew Lemon <matt@matthewlemon.com>2022-10-05 16:33:10 +0100
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+#!/usr/local/bin/bash
+#
+# Author: Eric Gebhart
+#
+# Purpose: To be called by mutt as indicated by .mailcap to handle mail attachments.
+#
+# Function: Copy the given file to a temporary directory so mutt
+# Won't delete it before it is read by the application.
+#
+# Along the way, discern the file type or use the type
+# That is given.
+#
+# Finally use 'open' or 'open -a' if the third argument is
+# given.
+#
+#
+# Arguments:
+#
+# $2 is the file
+# $2 is the type - for those times when file magic isn't enough.
+# I frequently get html mail that has no extension
+# and file can't figure out what it is.
+#
+# Set to '-' if you don't want the type to be discerned.
+# Many applications can sniff out the type on their own.
+# And they do a better job of it too.
+#
+# Open Office and MS Office for example.
+#
+# $3 is open with. as in open -a 'open with this .app' foo.xls
+#
+# Examples: These are typical .mailcap entries which use this program.
+#
+# Image/JPEG; /Users/vdanen/.mutt/view_attachment %s
+# Image/PNG; /Users/vdanen/.mutt/view_attachment %s
+# Image/GIF; /Users/vdanen/.mutt/view_attachment %s
+#
+# Application/PDF; /Users/vdanen/.mutt/view_attachment %s
+#
+# #This HTML example passes the type because file doesn't always work and
+# #there aren't always extensions.
+#
+# text/html; /Users/vdanen/.mutt/view_attachment %s html
+#
+# # If your Start OpenOffice.org.app is spelled with a space like this one, <--
+# # then you'll need to precede the space with a \ . I found that too painful
+# # and renamed it with an _.
+#
+# Application/vnd.ms-excel; /Users/vdanen/.mutt/view_attachment %s "-" '/Applications/OpenOffice.org1.1.2/Start_OpenOffice.org.app'
+# Application/msword; /Users/vdanen/.mutt/view_attachment %s "-" '/Applications/OpenOffice.org1.1.2/Start_OpenOffice.org.app'
+#
+#
+# Debugging: If you have problems set debug to 'yes'. That will cause a debug file
+# be written to /tmp/mutt_attach/debug so you can see what is going on.
+#
+# See Also: The man pages for open, file, basename
+#
+
+# the tmp directory to use.
+tmpdir="$HOME/.mutt/temp/mutt_attach"
+
+# the name of the debug file if debugging is turned on.
+debug_file=$tmpdir/debug
+
+# debug. yes or no.
+debug="no"
+#debug="yes"
+
+type=$2
+open_with=$3
+
+# make sure the tmpdir exists.
+mkdir -p $tmpdir
+
+# clean it out. Remove this if you want the directory
+# to accumulate attachment files.
+rm -f $tmpdir/*
+
+# Mutt puts everything in /tmp by default.
+# This gets the basic filename from the full pathname.
+filename=`basename $1`
+
+# get rid of the extenson and save the name for later.
+file=`echo $filename | cut -d"." -f1`
+
+if [ $debug = "yes" ]; then
+ echo "1:" $1 " 2:" $2 " 3:" $3 > $debug_file
+ echo "Filename:"$filename >> $debug_file
+ echo "File:"$file >> $debug_file
+ echo "===========================" >> $debug_file
+fi
+
+# if the type is empty then try to figure it out.
+if [ -z $type ]; then
+ type=`file -bi $1 | cut -d"/" -f2`
+fi
+
+# if the type is '-' then we don't want to mess with type.
+# Otherwise we are rebuilding the name. Either from the
+# type that was passed in or from the type we discerned.
+if [ $type = "-" ]; then
+ newfile=$filename
+else
+ newfile=$file.$type
+fi
+
+newfile=$tmpdir/$newfile
+
+# Copy the file to our new spot so mutt can't delete it
+# before the app has a chance to view it.
+cp $1 $newfile
+
+if [ $debug = "yes" ]; then
+ echo "File:" $file "TYPE:" $type >> $debug_file
+ echo "Newfile:" $newfile >> $debug_file
+ echo "Open With:" $open_with >> $debug_file
+fi
+
+# If there's no 'open with' then we can let preview do it's thing.
+# Otherwise we've been told what to use. So do an open -a.
+
+#vim $newfile
+
+#ML REMOVED THIS ON 18 September 2014
+if [ -z $open_with ]; then
+ echo "Dae ken how to open that razzer."
+else
+ $open_with $newfile
+fi