On 2004-01-31 23:51:55 +0000, Pigeon wrote: > I don't think I'm trying to say "don't use procmail". Just that > there's more than one way to skin a cat. Which is one of the things I > like about Linux. I had the choice between "figure out procmail" and > "use bash / ed / exim which I already know"; I took the easy way out.
Well, looking at your scripts: cat | /usr/sbin/exim -bm pigeon cat $SCRIPTFILE | ed $TMPFILE > /dev/null 2>/dev/null cat $TMPFILE | /usr/sbin/exim -bm pigeon you have won several Useless Use of Cat Awards http://rhols66.adsl.netsonic.fi/era/unix/award.html Or perhaps pigeons just like cats. :) The following part $ ?^--* Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --*~? .,/-----------------------/d 1 /^$/ i X-Footer-Stripped: yes . w q is also quite obfuscated. Several commands to do one thing... Moreover your solution isn't fault tolerant. For instance, if the disk is full, you may lose mail. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig 17, Championnat International des Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques, TETRHEX, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
