1 git-mailsplit(1)
2 ================
4 NAME
5 ----
6 git-mailsplit - Simple UNIX mbox splitter program
8 SYNOPSIS
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10 'git mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>|<Maildir>...]
12 DESCRIPTION
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14 Splits a mbox file or a Maildir into a list of files: "0001" "0002" .. in the
15 specified directory so you can process them further from there.
17 IMPORTANT: Maildir splitting relies upon filenames being sorted to output
18 patches in the correct order.
20 OPTIONS
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22 <mbox>::
23 Mbox file to split. If not given, the mbox is read from
24 the standard input.
26 <Maildir>::
27 Root of the Maildir to split. This directory should contain the cur, tmp
28 and new subdirectories.
30 -o<directory>::
31 Directory in which to place the individual messages.
33 -b::
34 If any file doesn't begin with a From line, assume it is a
35 single mail message instead of signaling error.
37 -d<prec>::
38 Instead of the default 4 digits with leading zeros,
39 different precision can be specified for the generated
40 filenames.
42 -f<nn>::
43 Skip the first <nn> numbers, for example if -f3 is specified,
44 start the numbering with 0004.
46 Author
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48 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
49 and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
52 Documentation
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54 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
56 GIT
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58 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite