[rt-users] Trying to get an attachment via command line interface rt show ticket/attachment ...

[Jesse Vincent]

On Sat 29.Nov'08 at  9:58:06 +0100, Tobias Heinz wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I figured out the solution tonight. The attachment is UTF8 encoded when
> retrieved via rt show. I filtered it through tcs and it works now.
>
>  rt show ticket/59134/attachments/365295/content | tcs -f utf -t 8859-1
>  > $filenameTemp
>
> This gives me the binary file as it is retrieved from the web. There is
> a chance that this depends on the setting of your Postgres (client) and
> / or base operating system ...


This just seems...wrong. Can you tell me a bit more about what the
attachment was in the first place?
>
> Best regards
>
> Tobias Heinz
> http://bayern.zentrumspartei.de
>
> Tobias Heinz schrieb:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I am trying to retrieve an attachment (application/pdf binary file) from
>> a ticket. I am using the rt command line interface.
>>
>> When opening the attachment from the web the file (PDF) is fine.
>>
>> rt show ticket/59134/attachments/365295/content
>>
>> rt show ticket/59134/attachments/365295/content > /tmp/test.pdf
>>
>> It gives me a file that is approx. 30% larger than the file itself. When
>> looking at the file, the clear-text part appears to be fine. The pdf
>> viewer tells me:
>> "File corrupt" or "graphics can not be rendered".
>>
>> I have transferred the file via scp to a windows machine - same there.
>> Tried to use different pdf viewers on unix - all abended with errors.
>> Clicking the file using Download test.pf on the web rt in ticket 59134
>> frontend gives me a perfect error-free pdf ..
>>
>> Does the cli use any kind of encoding? How can I decode/transform the file?
>>
>> Thanks for any hint  -
>>
>> God bless
>>
>> Tobias Heinz
>>
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