more general openfile script

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/openfile.sh b/etc/openfile.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c866932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/openfile.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Helps open a file with xdg-open from mutt in a external program without weird side effects.
+
+base=$(basename "$1")
+ext="${base##*.}"
+
+file=$(mktemp -u --suffix=".$ext")
+
+rm -f "$file"
+
+cp "$1" "$file"
+
+setsid xdg-open "$file" >/dev/null 2>&1 &