Re: Basic questions from newbie
On 2008-09-05, Gary Johnson <garyjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I must be missing something. How is either the <copy-message> or
><decode-copy> command not a "save this message as a text file"
> command?
It is different if the file already exists and is not-empty.
>> I like the cat method best. I should have thought of just using the editor.
>
> The <copy-message> command, bound to C by default, should be the
> same as piping the message to "cat > foo.txt". The <decode-copy>
> command, bound to <Esc>C by default, should be the same a piping
> with 'pipe_decode' set.
I won't contest whether they _should_ be the same, but I will
claim they're not the same. The <copy-message> command appends
the message to the file assuming it's an mbox format mail
folder. "| cat >foo.txt" just saves writes the message to file.
If the file exists and is not empty, th two operations are not
the same.
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