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 [--option[=value]] [MIME-TYPE:[ENCOD‐
ING:]]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
process each mime-type/file in turn. Each file is specified as its
mime-type, its encoding (e.g. compression), and filename together, sep‐
arated 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), bzip (.bz), bzip2 (.bz2), and compress (.Z). A file‐
name of "-" can be used to mean "standard input", but then a mime-type
must be specified.
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.htm
extract-mail-attachment msg.txt | see image/tiff:gzip:-
OPTIONS
All options are in the form --<opt>=<value>.
--action=<action>
Performs the specified action on the files. Valid actions are
view, cat (uses only "copiousoutput" rules and sends output to
STDOUT) , 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.
--nopager
Ignores any "copiousoutput" directive and sends output to STD‐
OUT.
--norun
Displays the found command without actually executing it.
SEE ALSOupdate-mime(8)AUTHOR
run-mailcap (and its aliases) was written by Brian White
<bcwhite@pobox.com>.
COPYRIGHT
run-mailcap (and its aliases) is in the public domain (the only true
"free").
Debian Project 1st Jan 2008 RUN-MAILCAP(1)
