scripsit Pete Harlan: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 08:37:29PM +0000, p wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:22:01PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > How do I save a mail message to disk with mutt? I want to save it > > > to disk, not another mail folder (saving to a different mail > > > folder appears quite clearly in the docs but couldn't find save to > > > disk). [snip] > > | > > cat > [file name] > > Does that differ from 's' (save), then entering the filename? > > (Besides the fact that > will overwrite an existing file while 's' > will append, and the fact that 's' will mark the mail for deletion > (use 'C' instead of 's', I believe, if you don't want that.))
`s' creates a mailbox, which adds control headers. In the case of your post, the new headers are (after all other headers, before the body): ] Status: RO ] Content-Length: 950 ] Lines: 30 If I pipe to cat, those added headers are removed. -- Pax vobiscum; pax cum omnibus. Thanasis Kinias tkinias at asu.edu Doctoral Student, Department of History Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
