On 2012-04-07, Tim Johnson wrote: > * Gary Johnson <[email protected]> [120407 13:06]: > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, mbox folders are just files. Could you save to an mbox > > > > > > folder? > > > > > > > > > > Of course, but what I was really inquiring about was whether I could > > > > > save 'en masse' :: a thread to one file. > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > I don't understand what you are asking. > > > It would be nice if I could save all of the tagged messages to one > k > *named* (not mbox) file - just as if I were saving a viewed > > > attachment. It looks like that is not doable. > > > > I'm not following you at all. An mbox file _is_ a named file. You > > can choose any name you like, absolute, relative to your mail folder > > directory, or relative to the directory in which you started mutt. > > > > > > You can tag the thread, and save it all 'en masse' to an 'mbox' file > > > > anywhere where you can create a file. How would the file you are want > > > > to create differ from what you get when it is created as an 'mbox'? > > > Yeah, what would work for me is a special mbox directory for just > > > saving stuff then open them in vim and weed out headers, saving > > > content to a new file.. > > > > Save a thread to any file name you like, open that file in vim and > > tell me how that differs from what you requested. > Gary, below is my original question: > > > > > > > I can <Esc>t to tag the thread and then ;s to save to another > > > > > > > mailbox, but I don't know if I can save the same to a file. > To recap, if I tag the thread and invoke ;s > I get the following response > "Save tagged to mailbox ('?' for list): =tim" > If I back up the cursor and enter "~/save-thread.txt", > mutt creates a mailbox named save-thread.txt > That is not what I want.
Hi Tim, What is your 'mbox_type' variable set to? I had been assuming that yours was set like mine to "mbox". If 'mbox_type' is set to "mbox", then the mailbox that mutt creates in your example above will be a file named ~/save-thread.txt. > ----------------------- > Please tell me how you would save the entire thread to one file. > Clearly I am not using the correct command. I think you're using the right command, but we may have overlooked the effect of the 'mbox_type' variable. Regards, Gary
