On 5/10/20 6:51 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 10May2020 13:36, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
It is entirely true. The collapsing happens when you _use_ the values:
# all safe and reliable
$ a=$( date +'%a %b %d %T %Y')
$ b=$( date +'%a %b %d %T Y')
$ c=$b
# unquoted use
$ ec
On 10May2020 13:36, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
It is entirely true. The collapsing happens when you _use_ the values:
# all safe and reliable
$ a=$( date +'%a %b %d %T %Y')
$ b=$( date +'%a %b %d %T Y')
$ c=$b
# unquoted use
$ echo $a
Sat May 09 14:37:07 2020
$ echo $b
On 5/9/20 12:41 AM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 08May2020 20:32, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/8/20 4:32 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 08May2020 11:15, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I added inserting a Date: line and switched to using sed:
local]# cat mycron
#!/bin/sh
currentDate="$(date +'%a %b %d %T
On 5/8/20 9:41 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 08May2020 20:32, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/8/20 4:32 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 08May2020 11:15, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I added inserting a Date: line and switched to using sed:
local]# cat mycron
#!/bin/sh
currentDate="$(date +'%a %b %d %T %Y
On 08May2020 20:32, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/8/20 4:32 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 08May2020 11:15, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I added inserting a Date: line and switched to using sed:
local]# cat mycron
#!/bin/sh
currentDate="$(date +'%a %b %d %T %Y')"
You don't need the double quotes. The
On 5/8/20 4:32 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 08May2020 11:15, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I added inserting a Date: line and switched to using sed:
local]# cat mycron
#!/bin/sh
currentDate="$(date +'%a %b %d %T %Y')"
You don't need the double quotes. The shell parser recognises the
assignment
On 08May2020 11:15, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I added inserting a Date: line and switched to using sed:
local]# cat mycron
#!/bin/sh
currentDate="$(date +'%a %b %d %T %Y')"
You don't need the double quotes. The shell parser recognises the
assignment statement _before_ breaking things on white
On 08May2020 06:59, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 5/8/20 2:24 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
On 5/7/20 10:44 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
In my mail files each message is followed by a blank line
before the next "From_" line. Is that a requirement of
mbox format? If so, it may be necessary to add it to
On 08May2020 06:56, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 5/8/20 2:08 AM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
You _do_ need to ensure the message at least ends with a newline, of
the From_ won't be at the start of a line. So the previously posted
script ensures that with the "echo" in "( cat; echo )". If you want to
On 5/8/20 11:08 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 5/8/20 1:58 PM, Mike Wright wrote:
There's a tiny MDA called femtomail that delivers into a Maildir.
Well first I need mbox, not maildir format.
mutt can read Maildir as well. Maildir is a much better mail storage
method than mbox.
Provide i
On 5/8/20 2:01 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 5/8/20 10:58 AM, Mike Wright wrote:
On 5/8/20 9:55 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 5/8/20 12:39 PM, Tim via users wrote:
On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 06:56 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Plus I have always thought of this as a deficiency in cron on a
works
On 5/8/20 1:58 PM, Mike Wright wrote:
On 5/8/20 9:55 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 5/8/20 12:39 PM, Tim via users wrote:
On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 06:56 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Plus I have always thought of this as a deficiency in cron on a
workstation. Cron should work (report in thi
On 5/8/20 10:58 AM, Mike Wright wrote:
On 5/8/20 9:55 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 5/8/20 12:39 PM, Tim via users wrote:
On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 06:56 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Plus I have always thought of this as a deficiency in cron on a
workstation. Cron should work (report in this
On 5/8/20 9:55 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 5/8/20 12:39 PM, Tim via users wrote:
On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 06:56 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Plus I have always thought of this as a deficiency in cron on a
workstation. Cron should work (report in this case) properly
without needing somethin
On 5/8/20 12:39 PM, Tim via users wrote:
On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 06:56 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Plus I have always thought of this as a deficiency in cron on a
workstation. Cron should work (report in this case) properly
without needing something else (MTA) installed.
Does it though? Th
On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 06:56 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Plus I have always thought of this as a deficiency in cron on a
> workstation. Cron should work (report in this case) properly
> without needing something else (MTA) installed.
Does it though? There's always /var/log/cron. Or that ot
On 5/8/20 10:03 AM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 11:24:41PM -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote:
On 5/7/20 10:44 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
In my mail files each message is followed by a blank line
before the next "From_" line. Is that a requirement of
mbox format? If so, it may be necess
On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 11:24:41PM -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 5/7/20 10:44 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> > In my mail files each message is followed by a blank line
> > before the next "From_" line. Is that a requirement of
> > mbox format? If so, it may be necessary to add it to
> > the cronta
On 5/8/20 6:04 AM, Tim via users wrote:
On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 01:44 -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
In my mail files each message is followed by a blank line
before the next "From_" line. Is that a requirement of
mbox format? If so, it may be necessary to add it to
the crontab output.
It's how mb
Hi.
On Fri, 08 May 2020 06:56:58 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> On 5/8/20 2:08 AM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>> You _do_ need to ensure the message at least ends with a newline, of
>> the From_ won't be at the start of a line. So the previously posted
>> script ensures that with the "echo" in "(
On 5/8/20 2:24 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
On 5/7/20 10:44 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
In my mail files each message is followed by a blank line
before the next "From_" line. Is that a requirement of
mbox format? If so, it may be necessary to add it to
the crontab output.
Yes, it's a requirement
On 5/8/20 2:08 AM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 08May2020 01:44, Jon LaBadie wrote:
On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 09:57:33AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 07May2020 15:01, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> /ustr/sbin/mycron:
> #!/bin/sh
>
> currentDate="$(date +'%a %b %d %T %Y')"
> echo "From cron@localh
On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 01:44 -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> In my mail files each message is followed by a blank line
> before the next "From_" line. Is that a requirement of
> mbox format? If so, it may be necessary to add it to
> the crontab output.
It's how mbox works, each email is concatenated
On 5/7/20 10:44 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
In my mail files each message is followed by a blank line
before the next "From_" line. Is that a requirement of
mbox format? If so, it may be necessary to add it to
the crontab output.
Yes, it's a requirement of the format. That's why there's an "echo
On 08May2020 01:44, Jon LaBadie wrote:
On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 09:57:33AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 07May2020 15:01, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> /ustr/sbin/mycron:
> #!/bin/sh
>
> currentDate="$(date +'%a %b %d %T %Y')"
> echo "From cron@localhost "$currentDate >> /var/spool/mail/$USER
On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 09:57:33AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 07May2020 15:01, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> > /ustr/sbin/mycron:
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > currentDate="$(date +'%a %b %d %T %Y')"
> > echo "From cron@localhost "$currentDate >> /var/spool/mail/$USER
>
> Put $currentDate inside th
On 07May2020 15:01, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
/ustr/sbin/mycron:
#!/bin/sh
currentDate="$(date +'%a %b %d %T %Y')"
echo "From cron@localhost "$currentDate >> /var/spool/mail/$USER
Put $currentDate inside the quotes. With echo it is less of an issue,
but for many other commands you should exer
/ustr/sbin/mycron:
#!/bin/sh
currentDate="$(date +'%a %b %d %T %Y')"
echo "From cron@localhost "$currentDate >> /var/spool/mail/$USER
(cat; echo) >> /var/spool/mail/$USER
/etc/sysconfig/crond:
# Settings for the CRON daemon.
# CRONDARGS= : any extra command-line startup arguments for crond
C
I have dug a bit into mbox fomat and looked at one system that has some
mail in root's mbox.
It SEEMs that what I am missing is a FROM: line at the beginning that
mutt can handle. Perhaps something like:
From cron@localhost Thu May 07 13:15:01 2020
Note no colon after 'From' and a timestam
First I made a script at /usr/sbin/mycron
#!/bin/sh
(cat; echo) >> /var/spool/mail/$USER
Then I changed cat /etc/sysconfig/crond
# Settings for the CRON daemon.
# CRONDARGS= : any extra command-line startup arguments for crond
CRONDARGS= -m "/usr/sbin/mycron"
And restarted crond
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