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- From: tgtcmv@rw5.urc.tue.nl (Martien Verbruggen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: .forward
- Message-ID: <tgtcmv.711884010@rw5.urc.tue.nl>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 09:33:30 GMT
- References: <31485@adm.brl.mil>
- Sender: root@tuegate.tue.nl
- Reply-To: tgtcmv@urc.tue.nl
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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 ?
-
- Nope, the format is OK. Didn't you get an error mail back from your mailing
- system, telling you it couldn't create or access tmp. Well, the best way to use
- such a pipe is to name all full path's. e.g.
-
- "|/bin/cat>>/usr/mydir/tmp"
-
- success
- --
- Martien Verbruggen
- Eindhoven University of technology.
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- Martien Verbruggen (tgtcmv@chem.tue.nl) | Chinese saying:
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- Eindhoven University of technology | doesn't need chopsticks"
- Department of Chemical Engineering |
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