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[mharc.git] / bin / extract-mesg-date
1 #!/usr/bin/perl
2 ##--------------------------------------------------------------------------##
3 ## File:
4 ## $Id: extract-mesg-date,v 1.4 2002/09/15 03:33:08 ehood Exp $
5 ## Description:
6 ## See POD below or run program with -man option.
7 ##--------------------------------------------------------------------------##
8 ## Copyright (C) 2002 Earl Hood <earl@earlhood.com>
9 ##
10 ## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11 ## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
13 ## (at your option) any later version.
14 ##
15 ## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16 ## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18 ## GNU General Public License for more details.
19 ##
20 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21 ## along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
22 ## Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
23 ## 02111-1307, USA
24 ##--------------------------------------------------------------------------##
25
26 package MHArc::extract_mesg_date;
27
28 ##--------------------------------------------------------------------------##
29 # <x-boot-strap>
30 BEGIN { die qq/CGI use FORBIDDEN!\n/ if (defined($ENV{'GATEWAY_INTERFACE'})); }
31 my $Dir; BEGIN { $Dir = `dirname $0`; chomp $Dir; }
32 use lib "$Dir/../lib"; # Add relative lib to search path
33 # </x-boot-strap>
34 ##--------------------------------------------------------------------------##
35 # <x-config>
36 use MHArc::Config;
37 my $config = MHArc::Config->load("$Dir/../lib/config.sh");
38 # </x-config>
39 ##--------------------------------------------------------------------------##
40
41
42 use Getopt::Long;
43 use MHArc::Util qw( usage );
44 use MHArc::MailUtil qw( extract_date );
45
46 require 'mhamain.pl';
47
48 my $debug = 0;
49 my $verbose = 0;
50 my $time_fmt = '%Y-%m';
51
52 MAIN: {
53 # Load mhonarc code
54 mhonarc::initialize();
55 mhonarc::open_archive(
56 '-noarg',
57 '-quiet',
58 '-posixstrftime'
59 ) || die qq/ERROR: Unable to load MHonArc library\n/;
60 mhonarc::close_archive();
61
62 # Grap command-line options
63 my($opt_dfs);
64 my $clstatus = GetOptions(
65 "debug!" => \$debug,
66 "datefields=s" => \$opt_dfs,
67 "fmt=s" => \$time_fmt,
68
69 "help" => \$help,
70 "man" => \$man
71 );
72 usage(0) unless $clstatus;
73 usage(1) if $help;
74 usage(2) if $man;
75
76 if ($debug) {
77 $MHArc::MailUtil::Debug = 1;
78 }
79
80 my @date_fields = ();
81 if (defined($opt_dfs)) {
82 @date_fields = split(/:/, $opt_dfs);
83 } elsif (defined($config->{'MSG_DATE_FIELDS'})) {
84 @date_fields = split(/:/, $config->{'MSG_DATE_FIELDS'});
85 }
86 print "date_fields=@date_fields\n" if $debug;
87 my($fields, $header) = readmail::MAILread_file_header(\*STDIN);
88 print mhonarc::time2str(
89 $time_fmt, extract_date($fields, @date_fields), 1);
90
91 } # End: MAIN
92
93 ##--------------------------------------------------------------------------##
94 __END__
95
96 =head1 NAME
97
98 extract-mesg-date - Retrieve date of a mail message
99
100 =head1 SYNOPSIS
101
102 extract-mesg-date [options]
103
104 =head1 DESCRIPTION
105
106 This program extracts the date of a mail message read in from
107 standard input. The date of the message is determined by
108 examining the following mail header fields in order:
109 C<Received>, C<Delivery-Date>, C<Date>. The fields checked
110 can be changed with the C<-datefields> option. If no date
111 is found, than current local time is used.
112
113 The date of the message will be echoed to standard output.
114 The format of the date is controled by the C<-fmt> option.
115
116 This program is provided as part of mharc to provide the ability to
117 to determine the dates of messages during filtering.
118 Example shell command usage:
119
120 mesg_date=`cat message | extract-mesg-date`
121
122 Example useage within a procmail recipe:
123
124 :0 Wi
125 MESGDATE_=| extract-mesg-date -fmt '%Y-%m'
126
127 :0:
128 $MBOXROOT/.listsadmin/$MESGDATE_
129
130 =head1 OPTIONS
131
132 =over
133
134 =item C<-datefields> I<date-fields-list>
135
136 Specifies the message header fields to examine in determining the
137 date of the message. Field names are separated by a colon.
138 For example,
139
140 -datefields x-archive-date:received:date
141
142 tells that C<X-Archive-Date>, C<Received>, and C<Date> should
143 be examined.
144
145 =item C<-debug>
146
147 Print out debugging information.
148
149 B<WARNING: DO NOT USE THIS OPTION WITHIN PROCMAILRC RULES.>
150
151 =item C<-fmt> I<time-fmt-string>
152
153 The time format to use. The format string syntax is the same as
154 defined by C<strftime>.
155
156 If C<-fmt> is not specified, than "C<%Y-%m>" is used.
157
158 =item C<-help>
159
160 Print out help message.
161
162 =item C<-man>
163
164 Print out the manpage.
165
166 =back
167
168 =head1 DEPENDENCIES
169
170 This program uses functions within MHonArc's library. Therefore,
171 MHonArc must be installed on your system and the MHonArc libraries
172 located within Perl's include path.
173
174 =head1 VERSION
175
176 $Id: extract-mesg-date,v 1.4 2002/09/15 03:33:08 ehood Exp $
177
178 =head1 AUTHOR
179
180 Earl Hood, earl@earlhood.com
181
182 This program is part of the mharc archiving system and comes with
183 ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY and may be copied only under the terms of
184 the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the mharc
185 distribution.
186
187 =cut
188