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Chapter 8, Desktop Programs
#60 Configure Firefox Under the Covers
HACK
To tell it where to convert the files in a specific folder:
foo@bar:~$ perl mb2md.pl –s sourcefolder
To convert the files in a folder recursively (for nested folders):
foo@bar:~$ perl mb2md.pl –s sourcefolder –R
Converting maildir to mbox
The main conversion from maildir to mbox is achieved in a much more
hack-ish way, by writing a small shell script that uses the
formail tool to fil-
ter input into mbox format. Create a file called md2mb.sh in you home
folder, making sure you replace
maildir with your own mailbox. Insert the
following text into the file:
#!/bin/bash
for file in `find maildir/.$1/cur/ -type f`
do
cat $file | formail –a Date: >> mbox
done
Make the script executable with:
foo@bar:~$ chmod +x md2mb.sh
Then run it with:
foo@bar:~$ ./md2mb.sh
To process a particular folder, run it with:
foo@bar:~$ ./md2mb.sh foldername
This appends any email in the maildir folder to an mbox file that can be read
with
mail or your favorite MUA.
—David Murphy
HACK
#60
Configure Firefox Under the Covers Hack #60
To keep the Firefox GUI preferences simple, some of the more interesting but
less common options were moved under the covers by the developers.
Almost every application allows you to customize it to some extent. For
most graphical programs, these configuration options are available through
dialog boxes and settings menus, whereas console ...