.TH HYPETOMBOX "1" "2008-04-28" "Hypermail" "Hypermail archive to mbox converter"
.SH NAME
hypetombox - convert a hypermail archive to an mbox file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR hypetombox " [" -a "] [" -R "] [" "-H \fIheaders\fB" "] [" "-d \fIdirectory\fB" "] [" "-m \fIoutfile\fB" "] [" "-n \fIaddress\fB" "] [" "-S \fIsuffix\fB" "]"
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBhypetombox\fP converts a \fBhypermail\fP(1) archive back into a file in mbox format by
scanning the current directory (or the one specified with \fB-d\fP) for hypermail-generated
files and restoring the original rfc822 headers.
.PP
The following options may be used to control its behaviour:
.TP
.B -a
do not truncate the output file if it already exists (i.e. append to it)
.TP
.B -R
strip trailing carriage returns from each line (\\r, ascii 13)
.TP
.BI "-d " directory
read hypermail archive from \fIdirectory/\fP instead of the current location
.TP
.BI "-m " outfile
write to \fIoutfile\fP instead of \fB./mbox\fP
.TP
.BI "-S " suffix
modify the input file pattern \(dq\fB[0-9]{4}.\fP\fIsuffix\fP\(dq (default value for \fIsuffix\fP is \fBhtml\fP)
.TP
.BI "-n " address
specify \fBTo:\fP-address of generated mails
.TP
.BI "-H " headers
add additional header lines to each mail (these are copied verbatim; if you want to
add more than one, separate them with the character string '\fB%0A\fP')
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR hypermail (1)
.SH AUTHOR
This manpage was written by Jan Christoph Nordholz <hesso@pool.math.tu-berlin.de> for
the Debian distribution and combines the online usage information and the documentation
at the top of the script itself.