RUN-MAILCAP(1) Run Mailcap Programs RUN-MAILCAP(1)
NAME
run-mailcap, view, see, edit, compose, print - execute programs via
entries in the mailcap file
SYNOPSIS
run-mailcap --action=ACTION [--debug] [MIME-TYPE:[ENCODING:]]FILE [...]
The see, edit, compose and print versions are just aliases that default
to the view, edit, compose, and print actions (respectively).
DESCRIPTION
run-mailcap (or any of its aliases) will use the given action to pro
cess each mime-type/file in turn. Each file is specified as its mime-
type, its encoding (e.g. compression), and filename together, separated
by colons. If the mime-type is omitted, an attempt to determine the
type is made by trying to match the files extension with those in the
mime.types files. If the encoding is omitted, it will also be deter
mined from the files extensions. Currently supported encodings are
gzip (.gz), bzip (.bz), bzip2 (.bz2), and compress (.Z). A filename of
"-" can be used to mean "standard input", but then a mime-type must be
specified.
Both the users files (~/.mailcap; ~/.mime.types) and the system files
(/etc/mailcap; /etc/mime.types) are searched in turn for information.
EXAMPLES
see picture.jpg
print output.ps.gz
compose text/html:index.htm
extract-mail-attachment msg.txt | see image/tiff:gzip:-
OPTIONS
All options are in the form --=.
--action=
Performs the specified action on the files. Valid actions are
view, compose, composetyped, edit and print. If no action is
specified, the action will be determined by how the program was
called.
--debug=
Turns on extra information to find out what is happening. Any
value other than zero (0) will turn on debugging output.
SEE ALSO
update-mime(8)
AUTHOR
run-mailcap (and its aliases) was written by Brian White
.
COPYRIGHT
run-mailcap (and its aliases) is in the public domain (the only true
"free").
Debian Project 1st Jan 2008 RUN-MAILCAP(1)
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