run-mailcap

RUN-MAILCAP(1)               Run Mailcap Programs               RUN-MAILCAP(1)



NAME
       run-mailcap,  see,  edit, compose, print - execute programs via entries
       in the mailcap file

SYNOPSIS
       run-mailcap --action=<action>  [--debug=<value>]  [<mime-type>:[<encod-
       ing>:]]<filename>  [...]

       The see, edit, compose and print versions are just aliases that default
       to the view, edit, compose, and print actions (respectively).

       You can make this your default pager and/or editor by adding  the  fol-
       lowing to your shell startup:

         shell  file        line(s) to add
         ~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
         sh     ~/.profile  PAGER=/usr/bin/see; export PAGER
                            EDITOR=/usr/bin/edit; export EDITOR
         csh    ~/.login    setenv PAGER /usr/bin/see
                            setenv EDITOR /usr/bin/edit


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  is  specified  as  its
       mime-type, its encoding (eg. compression), and filename together, sepa-
       rated by colons.  If the mime-type is omitted, an attempt to  determine
       the  type is made by trying to match the file's extension with those in
       the mime.types files.  If the encoding is  omitted,  it  will  also  be
       determined  from  the file's extensions.  Currently supported encodings
       are gzip (.gz) and compress (.Z).  A filename of "-"  can  be  used  to
       mean "standard input", but then a mime-type must be specied.

       Both  the user's 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.html

   OPTIONS
       All options are in the form --<opt>=<value>.

       --action=<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=<value>
              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
       <bcwhite AT pobox.com>.

COPYRIGHT
       run-mailcap  (and  its  aliases) is in the public domain (the only true
       "free").



Debian Project                   14th Mar 1998                  RUN-MAILCAP(1)