NAME
mewl - Message scanner for Mew 4 or later
SYNOPSIS
mewl [options] [folder [range]]
DESCRIPTION
The mewl utility extracts necessary fields from messages stored in folders. This command is necessary for Mew to implement the asynchronous feature.
The options are as follows:
- -a
-
Print all necessary fields when picking.
- -b dir
-
Set the Mail home to dir.
- -c bodylen
-
Set the max body length to be extracted to bodylen.
- -d field
-
Set the field to be extracted to field.
- -e command
-
Specify an external command to fetch mailbox.
- -m options
-
Specify options for command.
- -f fields
-
Specify fields to display.
- -h
-
Display this help message.
- -i file
-
Set the input stream to file.
- -l length
-
Set the max field length to be extracted to length. The default value is 3. 0 means no limit.
- -n
-
Don't use fstat().
- -p pattern
-
Specify the pick pattern.
- -s src
-
Set message source to src : '+folder range'.
- -w
-
Wait for stdio input to synchronize.
- -v
-
Display the version.
- -x suffix
-
Use this suffix.
Definitions of the symbols above are as follows:
- range
-
N | [start]-[end] | last:N
- pattern
-
´key=val' | 'key!=val' | '!<pattern>' | '(<pattern>)' | '<pattern>&<pattern>' | '<pattern>|<pattern>'
BUGS
If a field is long, only the beginning three lines are extracted by default.