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tnef


Information about the package, tnef, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tnef package is designed for, Extract files from email attachments like WINMAIL.DAT.


Package Name:

tnef

Summary:

Extract files from email attachments like WINMAIL.DAT

Description:

This application provides a way to unpack Microsoft MS-TNEF MIME attachments. It operates like tar in order to unpack files of type "application/ms-tnef", which may have been placed into the MS-TNEF attachment instead of being attached separately. Such files may have attachment names similar to WINMAIL.DAT

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.4.15

Release:

1.el6

Size:

52 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for tnef


Control the tnef package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install tnef

This command will install tnef on the server.

yum remove tnef

This command will un-install tnef on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tnef, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove tnef

This command will un-install tnef on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tnef when using the -y flag.

yum update tnef

This command will update tnef to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tnef, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update tnef

This command will update tnef to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tnef when using the -y flag.

yum info tnef

This command will show you core information about the tnef package.

yum deplist tnef

This command will show you the dependencies for tnef. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update tnef

This command will check if there is an update waiting on tnef. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.