On Mar 3, 2010, at 8:12 PM, Kenneth Kirchner wrote: > Hello all, > > I am trying to automate a way to extract a PDF that gets e-mailed to me daily. I want to run a script on this PDF, but I cant until I detach it and decode it. > > Unfortunately, I have a limitation that prevents me from using any software that is not part of RHELv5. I cant even install CPAN modules, only modules that Redhat releases as part of v5.4. I can use custom Perl/Python scripts. > > I have successfully taken my /var/spool/user file, chopped off the header/trailer info and decoded the remaining data using 'base64 -d foo' so I know it's not too much harder. I am just at a loss for a better way to do this within my limited environment. I do run sendmail on this box, but I am not sure if it can dump attachments without some additional piece of software. I saw a very nice bit of Perl code in my Googling before asking here, but it required a Perl MIME module that Redhat does not distribute with RHEL. > > So, any ideas? I've seen stuff like 'mpack/munpack' in my Google searches, but I can't seem to find anything like it that comes in 'Official Redhat' RPM. I unfortunately cannot budge on that requirement. I said to heck with the restrictions and installed the required CPAN modules. Everything is working perfectly. -Ken -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
