NAME
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-git-mailsplit - Some git command not yet documented.
-
+git-mailsplit - Totally braindamaged mbox splitter program
SYNOPSIS
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-'git-mailsplit' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>...]
DESCRIPTION
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-Does something not yet documented.
-
+Splits a mbox file into a list of files: "0001" "0002" .. in the specified
+directory so you can process them further from there.
OPTIONS
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---option::
- Some option not yet documented.
+<mbox>::
+ Mbox file to split. If not given, the mbox is read from
+ the standard input.
+
+<directory>::
+ Directory in which to place the individual messages.
-<args>...::
- Some argument not yet documented.
+-b::
+ If any file doesn't begin with a From line, assume it is a
+ single mail message instead of signalling error.
+-d<prec>::
+ Instead of the default 4 digits with leading zeros,
+ different precision can be specified for the generated
+ filenames.
+
+-f<nn>::
+ Skip the first <nn> numbers, for example if -f3 is specified,
+ start the numbering with 0004.
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
+and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+
Documentation
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GIT
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-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite