Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!rivm!news
From: a3@rivm.nl (Adri Verhoef)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Where can I find UNTARMAIL and related stuff
Summary: Adjust the program to your own specific needs
Message-ID: <1990Oct11.151200.8922@rivm.nl>
Date: 11 Oct 90 15:12:00 GMT
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Organization: RIVM, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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>Our version of untarmail has some misfeatures. E.g., if I try
>
>	% untarmail ../mail-file
>
>it tries to discard the file by moving it to some /tmp/../mail-file.$$

I suggest you edit 'untarmail' and replace

	mv $1 /tmp/$1.$$

by

	mv $1 $1.$$ &&
	mv $1.$$ /tmp/

>Is there some official place where the latest version can be ftp'ed?
You probably have the latest version, but this 'problem' was never taken
into consideration for a new release (if any).

>there someone maintaining this program?  I won't patch untarmail if someone
>already did this better.

I guess everyone adjusts this program to fit his/her own specific needs.
Things to consider:
	Where does `compress' live?  [Formerly I only had it in /usr/lib/news]
	Where does `uncompress' live?  [Maybe "compress -d"]
	What is the name of the mailer?
	Does the mailer understand '-s' for Subject?
	Does `tar x' need the 'o' option?
	Where do the untarmail'd files go?


Here is my own current (modified) version:
---- cut here ----
compress="compress"
uncompress="compress -d"
MAILER=Mail; [ -f /usr/bin/mailx ] && MAILER="mailx"
TMPDIR=/usr/tmp

case /$0 in
*/tarmail)
if test $# -lt 3; then
  echo "Usage: tarmail mailpath \"subject-string\" directory-or-file(s)"
  exit
else
  mailpath=$1
  echo "mailpath = $mailpath"
  shift
  subject="$1"
  echo "subject-string = $subject"
  shift
  echo files = $*
  tar cvf - $* | ${compress} | btoa | ${MAILER} -s "$subject" $mailpath
fi
;;
*/untarmail)
if [ $# -ge 1 ]; then
  atob < $1 | ${uncompress} | tar xovf -
  mv $1 $TMPDIR/$1.$$
  echo tarmail file moved to: $TMPDIR/$1.$$
else
  atob | ${uncompress} | tar xovf -
fi
;;
esac
---- end of cut ----
[PS.  "mv $1 $TMPDIR/$1.$$" has not yet been replaced by my suggestion above. ]