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- From: rons@netcom.com (Ron Sires)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: .forward
- Message-ID: <y9fm+cq.rons@netcom.com>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 22:26:35 GMT
- References: <31485@adm.brl.mil>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
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- ntucs73@csman.csie.ntu.edu.tw (CSIE 73 student) writes:
-
- >Hi,
- > Is there anyone able to tell me the correct format about ".forward" file ?
- >
- > I write a line in my local .forward as following :
- >
- > "| cat >> tmp "
-
- > But I found nothing happened. IS something wrong with it ?
-
- When the .forward file is executed, there isn't a PATH variable defined.
- This means that UNIX doesn't know where to look for the "cat" command. Try
- including the full path to cat and, while you're at it, the full path to
- tmp, too.
-
- -Ron
- <rsires@well.sf.ca.us>
- <rons@netcom.com>
-