diff --git a/tests/non-auto/testmbox.sh b/tests/non-auto/testmbox.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+files='
+/home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/mail/attach
+/home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/mail/fred
+/home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/mail/fred1
+/home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/mail/outmail
+/home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/mail/recursive
+/home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/mail/strangedate1
+/home/dockes/mail/amis
+/home/dockes/mail/caughtspam.1
+/home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/mail/tbird/Sent
+'
+
+#files=/home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/cjk/mbox
+
+fatal()
+{
+    echo $*; exit 1
+}
+test $# = 1 || fatal Need topdir arg
+topdir=$1
+echo $topdir
+test -d $topdir || fatal $topdir does not exist
+
+mh_mbox=${mh_mbox:-mh_mbox}
+echo mh_mbox $mh_mbox
+
+for mbox in $files;do 
+    dir=`basename $mbox`
+    #echo $topdir/$dir
+    rm -rf $topdir/$dir
+    mkdir $topdir/$dir
+    echo "Processing $mbox"
+    nmsg=`${mh_mbox} $mbox | tail -1 | awk '{print $1}'`
+    echo nmsg $nmsg
+    for i in `jot $nmsg`;do
+        ${mh_mbox} -m $i $mbox > $topdir/$dir/$i
+    done
+done
+
+