Outfile file-name
Outfile export.txt,t
This keyword is used to configure the default file-name that should be used for exporting mails as text by pressing Alt-W. You can change this value at runtime; here, you just configure the default that the dialog box will be filled in with. You can specify a normal file name, or you can specify a special file name designating a device like for example `LPT1:'. On Unix, you can also a program that the text should be piped to.
The default format for exporting text is to write it in raw format, that is, carriage returns will only be placed at the end of each paragraph, and no message header will be added. This format is useful if you later wish to re-import the text into MsgEd TE, but it is not suitable for printing or editing with "standard" text editors.
The default format can be changed by appending a suffix to the filename. If you append the filename with `,t', like in the example above, a carriage return will be placed after each line of text, and a message header will be put in front of the text. This format is well suited for printing (use `lpt1:,t' to print the mail), or for using the mail in standard text editors.
If you append `,q' to the filename, the text will be exported in quote format. This means that an attribution line will be added to the beginning of the message and each line will be preceded by the quote string.
Putting a `+' in front of the filename will cause the text to be appended to the file. Otherwise the file will be overwritten.
Putting a `|' in front of the filename will cause the filename to be interpreted as an operating system command and the text will be piped to this command. This only works on Unix and EMX-compiled OS/2.
Putting a `?' in front of the filename indicates you want to be asked whether to append or not, and how to write out the file. Some menus will appear and you choose the action you want.
See section 4.1 Exporting Mails to Text Files or to the Printer, for more information.
Go to the first, previous, next, last section, table of contents.