From a1f51e588e7d48ca28b45304c0dc53fd806aa391 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mxmehl <mail@mehl.mx>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 12:00:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add attachment saving script which isn't perfect yet but does
 its job

---
 astroid/config                      |  2 +-
 astroid/scripts/attachment-saver.sh | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100755 astroid/scripts/attachment-saver.sh

diff --git a/astroid/config b/astroid/config
index d52dba1..7adafab 100644
--- a/astroid/config
+++ b/astroid/config
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         "interval": "240"
     },
     "attachment": {
-        "external_open_cmd": "xdg-open"
+        "external_open_cmd": "/home/max/.config/astroid/scripts/attachment-saver.sh"
     },
     "thread_view": {
         "open_html_part_external": "false",
diff --git a/astroid/scripts/attachment-saver.sh b/astroid/scripts/attachment-saver.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..be0ea87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/astroid/scripts/attachment-saver.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# based on https://github.com/astroidmail/astroid/issues/339#issuecomment-300491869
+
+cachedir=~/.cache/astroid-attachments
+attachment=$(echo $1 | sed "s#.*astroid/##")
+
+touch $cachedir/token.$attachment
+
+if [ ! -e ${cachedir} ]; then
+  mkdir -p ${cachedir}
+fi
+
+mv $1 ~/.cache/astroid-attachments/
+
+inotifywait -e close "$1" &
+ip=$!
+
+# open file (you can replace this with xdg-open)
+xdg-open "$cachedir/$attachment"
+
+while inotifywait -r -e close $cachedir/$attachment; do rm $cachedir/token.$attachment || rm $cachedir/$attachment; done