Updates to the news and todo list.

The git commit logs are now the source of truth about changes in the source
tree.

The contents of the ChangeLog file have been preserved as a comment to
commit 0649ac9.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,384 +0,0 @@
-Mon Oct 23 01:29:07 CEST 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/mboxgrep.h, src/main.c, src/mbox.c, src/mbox.h, src/scan.c:
-	temporary mbox file (used for deleting messages) is now created
-	by tmpmbox_create(), tmpp global pointer is killed;  portions of
-	code in scan.c are replaced by single call of mbox_write_message();
-	scan.c no longer includes zlib.h and bzlib.h
-
-Thu Oct 19 03:50:38 CEST 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/mboxgrep.h, src/main.c, src/maildir.c, src/scan.c:
-	got rid off tmpp and maildir_count global variables (code
-	cleanup)
-
-Thu Oct 19 03:38:24 CEST 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/mboxgrep.h, src/main.c, src/scan.c:
-	introduction of the global runtime_t structure; mailbox counter,
-	MD5 hash and other global variables are now part of it (code
-	cleanup)
-
-Fri Jul  7 06:10:51 CEST 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/mboxgrep.h, src/re.c, src/re.h, src/scan.c:
-	portions of scan_mailbox() have been moved to new functions,
-	pcre_match() and regex_match() (code cleanup)
-
-Thu Jul  6 13:54:23 CEST 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/main.c, src/mboxgrep.h, src/re.c, src/re.h, src/scan.c:
-	main() has been partially uncluttered by moving portions of the
-	code to functions pcre_init() and regex_init()
-
-Thu Jul  6 12:49:59 CEST 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/main.c, src/mboxgrep.h, src/misc.c, src/misc.h:
-	variables regex_s and haveregex are now part of the option_t
-	structure (code cleanup)
-
-Thu Jul  6 10:26:57 CEST 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/main.c, src/misc.c, src/misc.h:
-	parts of main() have been moved to set_default_options() and
-	get_runtime_options() (code cleanup)
-
-Sat Jul  1 13:06:37 CEST 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/mbox.c, src/mbox.h:
-	file mode and ownership-altering code has been moved to a separate
-	function, tmpfile_mod_own (code cleanup)
-
-Tue Jun 27 18:48:00 CEST 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/mbox.c, src/mbox.h:
-	portions of the code from tmpfile_open moved to a new function,
-	tmpfile_name (code cleanup)
-
-Mon Feb 20 18:09:59 CET 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/maildir.c, src/mh.c:
-	removed some unused variables (have_return_path)
-
-Mon Jan 30 01:35:30 CET 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/mboxgrep.h, src/maildir.c, src/mh.c, src/mbox.c, src/scan.c, src/main.c:
-	boxname, outboxname, pipecmd and tmpfilename are now a part of
-	the config_t structure and no longer global variables
-
-Sat Jan 21 08:18:29 CET 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/scan.c, src/misc.c, src/misc.h:
-	created postmark_print() to unclutter scan_mailbox()
-
-Fri Jan 20 05:36:44 CET 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/misc.c, src/misc.h, src/mbox.c, src/maildir.c, src/mh.c:
-	some repetitive code moved to malloc_message()
-
-Fri Jan 20 05:13:06 CET 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/mbox.c:
-	cleanup of mbox_write_message(); use of gzwrite_loop() and
-	bzwrite_loop()
-
-Fri Jan 20 03:57:28 CET 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/scan.c, src/wrap.h, src/wrap.c:
-	wrote gzwrite_loop() and bzwrite_loop() to remove some repetitive
-	code from scan.c
-
-Fri Jan 20 02:11:50 CET 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/scan.c:
-	md5_check_message(): array b and cast in strncmp are no longer
-	unsigned
-
-Wed Jan 18 01:48:56 CET 2006  Daniel Spiljar <dspiljar@panix.com>
-
-	* src/info.c, src/mboxgrep.h:
-	updated copyright information, changed author's email address
-	to the one at Panix
-
-Mon Apr 12 19:30:52 CEST 2004  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@world.std.com>
-
-	* src/info.c:
-	updated copyright information
-
-Sun Apr 11 23:45:08 CEST 2004  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@world.std.com>
-
-	* src/mbox.h, src/mbox.c, src/scan.c, src/main.c:
-	mbox_write_message(); further fixes of message deletion code
-
-Thu Sep 18 00:10:13 CEST 2003  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@world.std.com>
-
-	* src/scan.c:
-	fixed deleting messages from mbox folders compressed with
-	bzip2
-
-Thu Sep 18 00:08:36 CEST 2003  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@world.std.com>
-
-	* src/main.c, src/mbox.c:
-	moved James P. Dugal's ownership-preserving code from main() 
-	to tmpfile_open()
-
-Sat Aug 30 23:13:01 CEST 2003  Vid Strpic  <vms@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/info.c:
-	If bzip2 support is compiled in, `--help' command should list
-	`bz2mbox' as a valid option to `--mailbox-format='.
-
-Sun Aug 24 21:49:52 CEST 2003  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@world.std.com>
-
-	* doc/mboxgrep.1, doc/mboxgrep.texi:
-	small updates
-
-Sat Aug 23 20:56:39 CEST 2003  James P. Dugal  <jpd@louisiana.edu>
-
-	* src/main.c, src/mbox.h, src/mbox.c
-	If we are to use rename() to move a temp file (resulting from
-	deletions done in a mailbox) back over the original mailbox, we
-	must be sure the temp file is on the same file system.  Also,
-	we should try to preserve the same ownership and permissions.
-
-Mon Aug 11 00:39:14 CEST 2003  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@world.std.com>
-
-	* configure.ac:
-	look for pcre-config(1) script; this effectively fixes a
-	compilation bug on recent RedHat Linux systems
-
-Sun Apr 13 21:16:25 CEST 2003  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@world.std.com>
-
-	* src/info.c, src/info.h:
-	print_wrap(); list of compile-time options is now printed wrapped
-
-Mon Apr  7 01:24:20 CEST 2003  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@world.std.com>
-
-	* src/mbox.c, src/wrap.c, src/wrap.h:
-	m_gzdopen()
-
-Sun Apr  6 23:04:19 CEST 2003  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@world.std.com>
-
-	* src/mbox.c, src/mbox.h, src/mboxgrep.h, src/misc.c, src/scan.c:
-	support for bzip2 compressed mailboxes
-
-Fri Apr  4 00:14:01 CEST 2003  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@world.std.com>
-
-	* configure.ac:
-	check for libbz2
-
-Sun Oct 27 23:57:31 CET 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@world.std.com>
-
-	* src/mbox.c:
-	mbox_open() should now complain if called with an unknown argument
-	mode.  Shouldn't normally happen, but...
-
-Sun Aug 25 22:43:38 CEST 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/main.c, src/mbox.c, src/mbox.h, src/scan.c:
-	removed the gzmbox* functions in order to avoid code duplication;
-	as a side effect, mboxgrep can now read compressed mbox folders
-	from standard input
-
-Sun Aug 11 01:36:02 CEST 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* configure.ac:
-	AC_HEADER_STDC, which fixed another compiler warning
-
-Sat Aug 10 22:03:31 CEST 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/main.c, src/mbox.c, src/mh.c, src/scan.c, src/misc.c, src/maildir.c, src/mboxgrep.h:
-	made various code cleanups: got rid of a couple of global variables,
-	fixed compiler warnings and things like that
-
-Sat Aug 10 00:35:21 CEST 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/mh.h, src/wrap.h, src/mboxgrep.h:
-	removed some unnecessary #defines that have been causing compiler
-	errors
-
-Sun Aug  4 20:11:29 CEST 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/main.c, src/scan.c, src/scan.h:
-	code clean up: moved recursive scan code from main()
-	to recursive_scan()
-
-Wed Jul 24 00:20:59 CEST 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/maildir.c:
-	same thing with maildir as with MH below
-
-Sat Jul  6 22:51:45 CEST 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/mh.c:
-	MH module doesn't read files which aren't RFC 2822 messages anymore
-
-Sat Jun 29 01:43:36 CEST 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* configure.in, src/maildir.c, src/main.c, src/mbox.c, src/mh.c, src/scan.c:
-	added debugging with dmalloc library
-
-Sat Jun 29 01:39:21 CEST 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/mbox.c, src/maildir.c:
-	fixed potential problem as with MH folders (below)
-
-Sat Jun 29 01:28:30 CEST 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/mh.c, src/scan.c:
-	(hopefully) fixed crashes on MH folders
-
-Sat Feb 23 22:22:12 CET 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/mbox.c, src/maildir.c, src/mh.c, src/misc.c:
-	removed useless code that required strptime ()
-
-Sat Feb 23 15:43:05 CET 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/main.c, src/mbox.h, src/mbox.c, src/scan.c:
-	mboxgrep can now read mbox folders from standard input
-
-Fri Feb  8 02:15:36 CET 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/main.c:
-	fixed a bug which prevented mboxgrep from being compiled;
-	this happened because I've put some assignments *before*
-	declarations
-
-Wed Feb  6 23:11:50 CET 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-	
-	* src/maildir.c, src/main.c, src/mbox.c, src/mboxgrep.h, src/mh.c, src/mh.h, src/misc.c, src/scan.c, src/wrap.c
-	code cleanups; many global variables have been replaced with
-	a single option_t structure
-
-Fri Feb  1 00:31:05 CET 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/maildir.c:
-	fixed a bug which occured on recursive search of maildirs
-
-Wed Jan  2 00:32:37 CET 2002  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/main.c, src/misc.c, src/wrap.h:
-	applied a patch (kindly submitted by John R. Daily 
-	<jdaily@progeny.com>), which fixes missing prototypes that might 
-	cause mboxgrep to coredump on IA64 platform
-
-Sat Dec 15 20:12:40 CET 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/main.c, src/scan.c, src/scan.h:
-	recursive search through directories has been reimplemented
-
-Sat Dec  8 22:13:54 CET 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/main.c, src/maildir.c:
-	replaced remaining occurences of malloc() with xmalloc()
-
-Sat Dec  8 21:21:58 CET 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/maildir.c, src/main.c, src/mbox.c, src/mh.c, src/misc.c, src/scan.c, src/wrap.c, src/wrap.h:
-	wrote xstrdup(), an error-checking wrapper around strdup() and 
-	replaced all occurences of strdup() with xstrdup()
-
-Sun Dec  2 18:05:57 CET 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/Makefile.in, src/info.c, src/main.c, src/mboxgrep.h, src/md5.c, src/md5.h, src/scan.c, src/scan.h, doc/mboxgrep.texi:
-	mboxgrep can now ignore duplicate messages, thanks to the MD5 
-	algorithm
-
-	* src/maildir.c, src/main.c, src/scan.c, src/wrap.c, src/wrap.h:
-	wrote xcalloc() and renamed m_realloc() to xrealloc()
-
-Sat Nov 17 22:57:57 CET 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/mbox.c, src/mh.c, src/maildir.c
-	message->headers and message->body pointers are now initially malloc'd
-	to size of one character in order to prevent NULL pointers from being 
-	passed to regexec()
-
-Wed Nov  7 22:47:34 CET 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-	
-	* configure.ac, src/mboxgrep.h, src/main.c, src/misc.h, src/misc.c, src/info.c, src/config.h, src/mbox.c:
-	file locking method can now be selected at run time
-
-	* src/info.c, src/maildir.c, src/main.c, src/mbox.h, src/misc.c, src/scan.c, src/Makefile.in
-	changed `#include "config.h"' to `#include <config.h>', and fixed 
-	other bugs with #including
-
-Sat Nov  3 16:08:22 CET 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-	
-	* configure.ac, src/config.h.in, src/info.c, src/mbox.c
-	files can be locked with flock() instead of fcntl(), if
-	enabled at compile time
-
-Sun Oct 28 19:01:44 CET 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/Makefile.in:
-	forgot to mention getopt.c and getopt1.c 
-
-Sun Oct 28 16:06:28 CET 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/mh.c, src/main.c, src/scan.c:
-	#included certain neccessary files
-	
-Sun Oct 28 14:43:21 CET 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/maildir.c, src/maildir.h, src/scan.c:
-	wrote functions maildir_check and maildir_create;
-	if the target maildir doesn't exist, mboxgrep creates one;
-	if it does exist, mboxgrep checks its consistency and refuses to
-	write to it unless `tmp', `new' and `cur' subdirectories exist
-
-Sun Oct 28 13:02:10 CET 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/info.c, doc/mboxgrep.texi, doc/mboxgrep.1
-	the "--regexp" command was implemented in version 0.7.0, but I
-	forgot to document it
-
-Sat Oct 27 21:48:36 CEST 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/scan.c:
-	if the input is a non-mbox folder, a proper postmark line (with 
-	date) is put on top of each message written to stdout
-
-Mon Oct  8 22:53:34 CEST 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@bofhlet.net>
-
-	* src/*:
-	source code now completely rewritten
-
-Sun May 27 00:19:52 CEST 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@public.srce.hr>
-
-	* doc/mboxgrep.1:
-	updated the manual page -- it now refers to RFC 2822, instead
-	of the obsoleted 822
-
-Tue May  1 15:06:03 CEST 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@public.srce.hr>
-
-	* configure.in, doc/Makefile.in, src/Makefile.in, Makefile.in:
-	moved manpage to the `doc' subdirectory; changed files above
-	accordingly
-
-Sun Apr 15 23:00:08 CEST 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@public.srce.hr>
-
-	* src/mboxgrep.h, src/main.c, src/file.c, src/scan.c, src/info.c: 
-	added support for writing messages to another mail folder
-
-Mon Apr  9 21:55:15 CEST 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@public.srce.hr>
-
-	* src/file.c, src/scan.c: all calls of malloc() are now checked 
-	and mboxgrep exits with code 2 if it fails to allocate memory
-
-Sun Apr  8 19:40:33 CEST 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@public.srce.hr>
-
-	* src/mboxgrep.h, src/main.c: wrote mboxgrep_stat()
-
-Sun Apr  8 16:58:36 CEST 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@public.srce.hr>
-
-	* src/mboxgrep.h, src/main.c: wrote mboxgrep_error()
-
-Tue Mar 27 01:26:22 CEST 2001  Daniel Spiljar  <dspiljar@public.srce.hr>
-
-	* configure.in: check for gethostname()
-
-
-
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.59 2006-10-22 23:34:47 dspiljar Exp $

NEWS.md

@@ -1,110 +1,129 @@
-Changes of mboxgrep
+# Changes of mboxgrep
-===================
 
-Changes since 0.7.9
+## Changes since 0.7.9
+
+- development has been restarted after a longer hiatus
+- moved the source tree to git
 - fixed compile bug on FreeBSD and other systems
 - fixed deleting messages mbox folders compressed with bzip2
+- fixed multiple compilation errors and warnings on Linux and FreeBSD
+- started implementing a debug mode
+
+## Changes since 0.7.8
 
-Changes since 0.7.8
 - implemented support for mbox folders compressed with bzip2 algorithm
 - improved detection of PCRE library; this also fixes a compilation bug
   on recent RedHat Linux systems
 - fixed a problem with message deletion, which used to occur if an mbox
   folder and temporary directory were on different filesystems;
-  thanks to James P. Dugal <jpd@louisiana.edu> for providing a patch
+  thanks to James P. Dugal <jpd AT louisiana.edu> for providing a patch
+
+## Changes since 0.7.7
 
-Changes since 0.7.7
 - fixed crashes on MH folders, as well as a potential problem with mbox
   and maildir folders with the same cause
-- debugging with dmalloc library
+- debugging with the dmalloc library
 - MH and maildir functions no longer read files which aren't RFC 2822 messages
 - mboxgrep can now read gzip compressed mbox folders from standard input
   (which is a side effect of a code cleanup!)
 
-Changes since 0.7.6a
+## Changes since 0.7.6a
+
 - mboxgrep can now read mbox folders from standard input
 
-Changes since 0.7.6
+## Changes since 0.7.6
+
 - fixed a bug which prevented mboxgrep from being compiled
 
-Changes since 0.7.5
+## Changes since 0.7.5
+
 - fixed a bug which caused mboxgrep to coredump on recursive search of 
   maildirs
 - code cleanups
 
-Changes since 0.7.4
+## Changes since 0.7.4
+
 - recursive search through directories has been reimplemented
 
-Changes since 0.7.3
+## Changes since 0.7.3
+
 - mboxgrep can now ignore messages with identical bodies
 
-Changes since 0.7.2
+## Changes since 0.7.2
+
 - file locking method can be selected at runtime
 - mboxgrep used to coredump on messages with empty headers; the problem is 
   now hopefully fixed
 - mboxgrep now compiles on FreeBSD
 
-Changes since 0.7.1
+## Changes since 0.7.1
-- file locking with flock() instead of fcntl() is now supported
+
-- mboxgrep should now compile on systems which don't have getopt_long()
+- file locking with `flock()` instead of `fcntl()` is now supported
+- mboxgrep should now compile on systems which don't have `getopt_long()`
 - other minor bugfixes
 
-Changes since 0.7.0
+## Changes since 0.7.0
+
 - bugfixes
 
-Changes since 0.5.3
+## Changes since 0.5.3
+
 - NOTE: there was no stable version between 0.5.x and 0.7.x
 - mboxgrep is almost completely rewritten
-- implemented message deleting feature (--delete)
+- implemented message deleting feature (`--delete`)
-- implemented piping messages to a command (--pipe) (using this option, 
+- implemented piping messages to a command (`--pipe`) (using this option, 
   each selected message is piped to a separate instance of the specified
   command)
 - added support for compressed mbox folders
 
-Changes since 0.5.2
+## Changes since 0.5.2
+
 - implemented ability to write found messages to another folder (instead
-  of stdout)
+  of standard output)
-- started writing *real* changelog (while this file has been renamed to
+- started writing a *real* changelog (while this file has been renamed to
   "NEWS")
 - wrote a manual in Texinfo format
 
-Changes since 0.5.1
+## Changes since 0.5.1
-- implemented message counting (-c, --count)
+
-- fixed manual page installation target in src/Makefile.in -- manual page 
+- implemented message counting (`-c, --count`)
-  is now installed in $(manpath)/man1/ rather than in $(prefix)/man/man1/ 
+- fixed manual page installation target in src/Makefile.in -- manual page 
-- added `--without-sense-of-humor' switch to the configure script, which
+  is now installed in `$(manpath)/man1/` rather than `$(prefix)/man/man1/`
-  disables checking whether Garfield still hates Mondays
+- added `--without-sense-of-humor` switch to the configure script, which
-- short version of `--version' switch is now `-V' instead of `-v', 
+  disables checking whether Garfield still hates Mondays
-  because `-v' will be used for inverted matching
+- short version of `--version` switch is now `-V` instead of `-v`, 
-- implemented inverted matching (-v, --invert-match)
+  because `-v` will be used for inverted matching
-- implemented recursive search through directories (-r, --recursive)
+- implemented inverted matching (`-v, --invert-match`)
-- config.h[.in] is now wrapped (#ifndef CONFIG_H and stuff)
+- implemented recursive search through directories (`-r, --recursive`)
+- config.h[.in] is now wrapped (`#ifndef CONFIG_H` and stuff)
+
+## Changes since 0.5.0
 
-Changes since 0.5.0
 - added support for qmail-style maildir folders
 
-Changes since 0.4.0
+## Changes since 0.4.0
-- source of getopt_long() is now included, so long options are also available
+
+- the source of `getopt_long()` is now included, so long options are also available
   on platforms that don't use GNU libc
 - file locking is now performed on mbox folders only
 
-Changes since 0.2.0
+## Changes since 0.2.0
-- added support for MH mailboxes
+
-- added scope selection switches `-B' (or `--body') and `-H' (or `--headers')
+- added support for MH mailboxes
-- getopt() (or getopt_long(), if available) is now used to parse command line
+- added scope selection switches `-B` (or `--body`) and `-H` (or `--headers`)
-  arguments, instead of my own lousy routine
+- `getopt()` (or `getopt_long()`, if available) is now used to parse command line
-- configure script now looks for PCRE by default, unless `--with-pcre=no' or
+  arguments, instead of my own lousy routine
-  `--without-pcre' is specified
+- the configure script now looks for PCRE by default, unless `--with-pcre=no` or
-- the feature of reading from standard input is gone
+  `--without-pcre` is specified
-- added `-v' (or `--version') switch
+- the feature of reading from standard input is gone
+- added `-v` (or `--version`) switch
+
+## Changes since 0.1.1
 
-Changes since 0.1.1
 - mboxgrep now puts a shared lock on a mailbox before reading it
 - various code cleanups
 
-Changes since 0.1.0
+## Changes since 0.1.0
-- fixed install target in Makefile (`install' is now used instead of `cp')
+
+- fixed install target in Makefile (`install` is now used instead of `cp`)
 - added support for mailboxes generated by Gnus
-
-
-$Id: NEWS,v 1.23 2004-04-11 21:48:53 dspiljar Exp $

TODO.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 - [ ] literal date matching
 - [x] reading messages from standard input
 - [x] run-time selection of file locking method
+- [x] add a debug function
 
 ## File formats, encodings and standards
 

contrib/README

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-This directory is intended to hold third-party contributions.
-
-- mboxgrep.spec is an RPM spec file, kindly contributed by 
-		Vaclav Slavik <v.slavik@volny.cz>
-

contrib/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This directory is intended to hold third-party contributions.
+
+- mboxgrep.spec is an RPM spec file, kindly contributed by Vaclav Slavik <v.slavik AT volny.cz>

doc/mboxgrep.1

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-.Id $Id: mboxgrep.1,v 1.16 2006-01-18 00:09:58 dspiljar Exp $
+.TH MBOXGREP 1 "17 Feb 2023"
-.TH MBOXGREP 1 "26 Jan 2023"
 .SH NAME
 mboxgrep \- displays email messages matching a pattern
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -86,6 +85,10 @@ Ignore duplicate messages.
 Select input and output mailbox TYPE.  TYPE can be either `mbox' (default), 
 `zmbox' (gzip compressed mbox), `bz2mbox' (bzip2 compressed mbox), `mh', `nnml', 
 `nnmh' or `maildir'.
+.IP "-s, --no-messages"
+Suppress most error messages.
+.IP "--debug"
+Print messages useful for debugging.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .TP
 \(bu

doc/mboxgrep.info

@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ options below change such behavior.
 '-s'
      Suppress error messages.
 
+'--debug'
+     Print messages useful for debugging.
+
 
 File: mboxgrep.info,  Node: Search scope selection,  Next: Mailbox type selection,  Prev: Output control,  Up: Invoking
 
@@ -253,11 +256,11 @@ Node: Miscellaneous1827
 Node: File locking2112
 Node: Regexp selection2749
 Node: Output control3301
-Node: Search scope selection4292
+Node: Search scope selection4345
-Node: Mailbox type selection4533
+Node: Mailbox type selection4586
-Node: Examples4854
+Node: Examples4907
-Node: Bugs5678
+Node: Bugs5731
-Node: To Vicky6096
+Node: To Vicky6149
 
 End Tag Table
 

doc/mboxgrep.texi

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 @set EDITION 0.7
 @set VERSION 0.7.10
-@set UPDATED 26 Jan 2023
+@set UPDATED 17 Feb 2023
 
 @dircategory Mail
 @direntry
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ instance of COMMAND.
 @itemx -s
 Suppress error messages.
 
+@item --debug
+Print messages useful for debugging.
+
 @end table
 
 @node Search scope selection, Mailbox type selection, Output control, Invoking

src/info.c

@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ help (void)
           "  -nd, --no-duplicates\t\tIgnore duplicate messages\n"
 	  "  -o,  --output=MAILBOX\t\tWrite messages to MAILBOX\n"
 	  "  -p,  --pipe=COMMAND\t\tPipe each found message to COMMAND\n"
-	  "  -s,  --no-messages\t\tSuppress most error messages\n\n"
+	  "  -s,  --no-messages\t\tSuppress most error messages\n"
+    "       --debug\t\t\tPrint messages useful for debugging\n\n"
 	  "Matching criteria:\n\n"
 	  "  -E,  --extended-regexp\tPATTERN is an extended regular expression\n"
 	  "  -G,  --basic-regexp\t\tPATTERN is a basic regular expression\n");

src/main.c

@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ runtime_t runtime;
 
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
-     /* {{{  */
-
 {
   int havemailbox = 0;
   int singlefile = 0;
@@ -57,8 +55,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   runtime.maildir_count = 0;
 
   static struct option long_options[] = 
-    /* {{{  */
-
     {
       {"count", 0, 0, 'c'},
       {"delete", 0, 0, 'd'},
@@ -80,13 +76,12 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       {"output", 1, 0, 'o'},
       {"no-duplicates", 0, 0, 200},
       {"no-file-lock", 0, 0, 201},
+      {"debug", 0, 0, 202},
       {"file-lock", 1, 0, 'l'},
       {"recursive", 0, 0, 'r'},
       {0, 0, 0, 0}
     };
 
-  /* }}} */
-
   set_default_options ();
 
   get_runtime_options (&argc, argv, long_options);
@@ -112,7 +107,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       config.regex_s = xstrdup (argv[optind]);
       config.haveregex = 1;
       ++optind;
-    } /* if */
+    }
 
   if (config.haveregex) 
     {
@@ -122,7 +117,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       else
 #endif /* HAVE_LIBPCRE */
         regex_init ();
-    } /* if */
+    }
   else
     usage ();
 
@@ -130,10 +125,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     singlefile = 1;
 
   while (optind < argc)
-    /* {{{  */
-
     {
-      if (config.action == DELETE) {
+      if (config.action == DELETE)
+        {
           tmpmbox_create (argv[optind]);
           runtime.tmp_mbox = (mbox_t *) mbox_open (config.tmpfilename, "w");
         }
@@ -144,7 +138,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         recursive_scan (argv[optind]);
       else
         scan_mailbox (argv[optind]);
+
       havemailbox = 1;
+
       if (config.action == COUNT)
         {
           if (singlefile)
@@ -163,13 +159,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
           rename (config.tmpfilename, argv[optind]);
         }
       ++optind;
-    } /* while */
+    }
-
-  /* }}} */
 
   if (! havemailbox)
-    /* {{{  */
-
     {
       config.format = MBOX;
       scan_mailbox ("-");
@@ -177,9 +169,5 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         fprintf (stdout, "%i\n", runtime.count);
     }
 
-  /* }}} */
-
   return 0;
-} /* main */
+}
-
-/* }}} */

src/mboxgrep.h

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ typedef struct
   int merr;
   int pid;
   int haveregex;
+  int debug;
 
   char hostname[HOST_NAME_SIZE];
   char *boxname, *outboxname, *pipecmd, *tmpfilename, *regex_s;

src/misc.c

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-/* -*- C -*- 
+/*
   mboxgrep - scan mailbox for messages matching a regular expression
-  Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006  Daniel Spiljar
+  Copyright (C) 2000 - 2004, 2006, 2023  Daniel Spiljar
 
   Mboxgrep is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with mboxgrep; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 
   Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
-
+*/
-  $Id: misc.c,v 1.17 2006-07-06 10:53:49 dspiljar Exp $ */
 
 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE  /* Pull in strptime(3) from time.h */
 #define _BSD_SOURCE    /* Compensate for _XOPEN_SOURCE to pull in strdup(3)
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@
 
 format_t
 folder_format (const char *name)
-     /* {{{  */
 {
   format_t f;
 
@@ -63,16 +61,14 @@ folder_format (const char *name)
   else
     {
       if (config.merr)
-	fprintf (stderr, "mboxgrep: %s: unknown folder type\n", name);
+        fprintf (stderr, "%s: %s: unknown folder type\n", APPNAME, name);
       exit (2);
     }
 
   return f;
 }
-/* }}} */
 
 lockmethod_t lock_method (const char *name)
-     /* {{{  */
 {
   lockmethod_t l;
 
@@ -97,38 +93,36 @@ lockmethod_t lock_method (const char *name)
 
   return l;
 }
-/* }}} */
 
-/* time_t parse_date(char *datestr) */
+/*
-     /* {{{  */
+time_t parse_date(char *datestr)
-/* { */
+{
-/*   time_t t; */
+  time_t t;
-/*   const char *fmt = "%d%n%b%n%Y%n%T"; */
+  const char *fmt = "%d%n%b%n%Y%n%T";
-/*   int h, m; */
+  int h, m;
-/*   struct tm tm; */
+  struct tm tm;
-/*   char *str2, str1[BUFSIZ]; */
+  char *str2, str1[BUFSIZ];
 
-/*   sscanf (datestr, "Date: %[^\r\n]", str1); */
+  sscanf (datestr, "Date: %[^\r\n]", str1);
 
-/*   str2 = (char *) strptime (str1, "%d%n%b%n%Y%n%T", &tm); */
+  str2 = (char *) strptime (str1, "%d%n%b%n%Y%n%T", &tm);
-/*   if (str2 == NULL) */
+  if (str2 == NULL)
-/*     str2 = (char *) strptime (str1, "%a, %d%n%b%n%Y%n%T", &tm); */
+    str2 = (char *) strptime (str1, "%a, %d%n%b%n%Y%n%T", &tm);
-/*   if (str2 == NULL) */
+  if (str2 == NULL)
-/*     return (time_t) 0; */
+    return (time_t) 0;
 
-/*   if (sscanf (str2, "%3d%2d", &h, &m) == 2) */
+  if (sscanf (str2, "%3d%2d", &h, &m) == 2)
-/*     { */
+    {
-/*       tm.tm_hour -= h; */
+      tm.tm_hour -= h;
-/*       tm.tm_min -= (h >= 0 ? m : -m); */
+      tm.tm_min -= (h >= 0 ? m : -m);
-/*       t = (time_t) mktime (&tm); */
+      t = (time_t) mktime (&tm);
-/*     } */
+    }
 
-/*   return t; */
+   return t;
-/* } */
+}
-/* }}} */
+*/
 
 char * parse_return_path(char *rpath)
-     /* {{{  */
 {
   char *blah1, blah2[BUFSIZ];
 
@@ -137,7 +131,6 @@ char * parse_return_path(char *rpath)
 
   return blah1;
 }
-/* }}} */
 
 void * allocate_message (void)
 {
@@ -188,6 +181,7 @@ set_default_options (void)
   config.format = MBOX; /* default mailbox format */
   config.lock = FCNTL; /* default file locking method */
   config.merr = 1; /* report errors by default */
+  config.debug = 0;
 }
 
 void
@@ -204,8 +198,6 @@ get_runtime_options (int *argc, char **argv, struct option *long_options)
         break;
 
       switch (c)
-	/* {{{  */
-
         {
           case '?':
             usage();
@@ -236,7 +228,7 @@ get_runtime_options (int *argc, char **argv, struct option *long_options)
 #else
             fprintf(stderr,
               "%s: Support for Perl regular expressions not "
-		  "compiled in\n");
+              "compiled in\n", APPNAME);
             exit(2);
 #endif /* HAVE_LIBPCRE */
             break;
@@ -274,6 +266,11 @@ get_runtime_options (int *argc, char **argv, struct option *long_options)
           case 201:
             config.lock = 0;
             break;
+          case 202:
+            config.debug = 1;
+            fprintf (stderr, "%s: %s, line %d: enable debugging\n",
+              APPNAME, __FILE__, __LINE__);
+            break;
           case 'r':
             config.recursive = 1;
             break;
@@ -297,7 +294,5 @@ get_runtime_options (int *argc, char **argv, struct option *long_options)
                 }
             }
         } /* switch */
-
-      /* }}} */
     } /* while */
 }