get screen output to file using get_payload()

[chuck amadi]

Hi I have managed to print the output of the get_payload to screen
but I need to write to a file as I only require the email body messages
from the mailbox.My script using the fp.readlines() function writes the
entire contents of the mailbox of cause including the headers of the
emails I do not want.

I have tried a few things but I cant get to my goal.Any ideas or
pointers I need only the email body and I cant figute out why I can
using the print statement but get those results to a file.
cheers

import sys
import os
import email
import mailbox
import StringIO
fp = file ("/var/spool/mail/chucka")
mbox = mailbox.UnixMai lbox(fp, email.message_f rom_file)
# list of body messages.
bodies = []

# mail is the file object
for mail in mbox:
print 'mail'
print mail['Subject']
print mail.get_conten t_type()#text/plain
print mail.get_payloa d()
mailout = file("/home/chucka/pythonScript/SurveyResults1. txt","r")
fp = open("/var/spool/mail/chucka")
mb = mailbox.UnixMai lbox(fp, email.message_f rom_file)

#for bdymsg in fp.xreadlines() :
#for bdymsg in fp.readlines():
#for msgbodies in mb:
# mailout.write(b dymsg)
# bdymsg = mail.get_payloa d()
# mailout.write(m ail.get_payload ()

for bmsg in mb:
bmsg = get_payload()
mailout.write(b msg)
# bmsg = [get_payload]
print "mailbox file copied...to SurveyResults.t xt"

# Now close the files
mailout.close()

[Lee Harr]

On 2004-06-23, chuck amadi <ch*********@nt lworld.com> wrote:

Hi I have managed to print the output of the get_payload to screen
but I need to write to a file as I only require the email body messages
from the mailbox.My script using the fp.readlines() function writes the
entire contents of the mailbox of cause including the headers of the
emails I do not want.

I have tried a few things but I cant get to my goal.Any ideas or
pointers I need only the email body and I cant figute out why I can
using the print statement but get those results to a file.
cheers
mailout = file("/home/chucka/pythonScript/SurveyResults1. txt","r")

You have the file opened read only. You would need something like:

mailout = file("/home/chucka/pythonScript/SurveyResults1. txt", "w")