Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Grep(3pm)

Usage

  #!/usr/bin/perl
  use Mail::Mbox::MessageParser;
  my $filename = 'mail/saved-mail';
  my $filehandle = new FileHandle($filename);
  my $folder_reader =
    new Mail::Mbox::MessageParser( {
      'file_name' => $filename,
      'file_handle' => $filehandle,
      'enable_grep' => 1,
    } );
  die $folder_reader unless ref $folder_reader;
  # Any newlines or such before the start of the first email
  my $prologue = $folder_reader->prologue;
  print $prologue;
  # This is the main loop. It's executed once for each email
  while(!$folder_reader->end_of_file());
  {
    my $email = $folder_reader->read_next_email();
    print $email;
  }

Overview

This module implements a GNU grep-based mbox folder reader. It can only be used when GNU grep is installed on the system. Users must not instantiate this class directly--use Mail::Mbox::MessageParser instead. The base MessageParser module will automatically manage the use of grep and non-grep implementations.

Methods and functions

The following methods and functions are specific to the Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Grep package. For additional inherited ones, see the Mail::Mbox::MessageParser documentation.

$ref = new( { 'file_name' => <mailbox file name>, 'file_handle' => <mailbox file handle> });

    <file_name> - The full filename of the mailbox
    <file_handle> - An opened file handle for the mailbox

The constructor for the class takes two parameters. The file_name parameter is the filename of the mailbox. The file_handle argument is the opened file handle to the mailbox.

Returns a reference to a Mail::Mbox::MessageParser object, or a string describing the error.

end_of_file()

reset()

read_next_email(): These methods are overridden in this subclass of Mail::Mbox::MessageParser.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 6 times.