NAME¶
b2m - convert old Emacs Rmail Babyl format to mbox format
SYNOPSIS¶
b2m <
babyl-file >
mbox-file
DESCRIPTION¶
b2m accepts Babyl format mail (as used by older versions of
Rmail
in
GNU Emacs) on standard input, and converts it to mbox format on
standard output. Babyl was the storage format used by Rmail prior to Emacs
23.1. Since then, it uses standard mbox format. This program is distributed
with
GNU Emacs.
OPTIONS¶
The program accepts unambiguous abbreviations for long option names.
- -V, --version
- Display version information.
- -h, --help
- Display basic usage information.
SEE ALSO¶
The Babyl format is described in the file
etc/BABYL in the Emacs
distribution.
Rmail is documented in the GNU Emacs manual, which you
can read using
Info, either from Emacs or as a standalone program.
AUTHORS¶
b2m was originally written by Ed Wilkinson. Francesco Potorti updated it
according to the GNU coding standards.
COPYING¶
Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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