IMTAR(1p)

💖 IMTAR — it's giving "archive ur mail bestie" ✨

okay so real quick, this page lives in the Internet Message commands manual, section 1p, and it's called imtar. buckle up, she's cute and she's useful 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

imtar — an archiving utility for mail/news messages 💌

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

imtar [OPTIONS] [FOLDER] [MSGS]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so like, the imtar command is an archiving utility for mail/news messages. that's the whole vibe. 🫶

Messages get converted into a single MMDF file, and the pattern is literally this:

"^A^A^A^A" + MSG + "^A^A^A^A", "^A^A^A^A" + MSG + "^A^A^A^A", ...

like, message, separator, message, separator, forever and ever 🔁

and then when you wanna get them back out? you use the imget command. it's giving extraction, it's giving round trip, periodt 💅

not me needing you to know this: this command is provided by IM (Internet Message). that's the whole source of it, no cap.

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -s, --src=FOLDER — set the source folder. the default is "+inbox" (yes, that's the default, don't @ me). and heads up: "--src=+xxx" is exactly the same thing as just writing "+xxx" ✨
• -d, --dst=STRING — the destination MMDF file. default value is "./msgbox" 🍓
• -n, --noharm={on,off} — no operation. she just shows you what would happen. like a dress rehearsal, but for your archive 🙈
• -v, --verbose={on,off} — print verbose messages while running. she talks. a lot. iconic 💬
• --debug=DEBUG_OPTION — print debug messages when running 🔍
• -h, --help — display the help message and exit. the classic. the queen. 👑
• --version — output version information and exit 🎀

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

IM (Internet Message) is copyrighted by the IM developing team. you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the modified BSD license. see the copyright file for more details, bestie 💜

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okay that's the whole page!! go archive something, you absolute main character 🌟

signing off with love: this was IM153, dated 2016-10-10, and yeah she's still serving IMTAR(1p) realness 💅💖