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- From: syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
- Subject: Re: Location of temporary mbox problem
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.222049.8255@DSI.COM>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 22:20:49 GMT
- References: <1992Aug19.184947.10831@msc.cornell.edu>
- Reply-To: syd@DSI.COM
- Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc. Huntingdon Valley, PA
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- rob@lynx.msc.cornell.edu.UUCP (Rob Vaughn,302 Thurston Hall,50637,2730428) writes:
- >Unfortunately, any and all attempts to get the temp file to be stored
- >somewhere consistant in the user's home dir has failed. '~/.elm/' doesn't
- >work, nor does '.elm/' (if the user isn't in the same directory that the
- >other Elm session is running in it creates another file.)
- The location of the 'mailbox' temp file is 'hard coded' in that its not
- user configurable. But it is configurable in sysdefs.SH as default_temp.
-
- >I would rather not modify any source code unless necessary, since it means
- >work every time we upgrade Elm, although that may be the only way. Any
- >suggestions or insights otherwise are appreciated.
- This is one of the 'user configurable things' and a patch against sysdefs.SH
- wou;dn't be too bad.
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- Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator - Current 2.3PL11
- Datacomp Systems, Inc. Projected 2.4 Release: Oct 1,1992
- syd@DSI.COM or dsinc!syd Voice: (215) 947-9900, FAX: (215) 938-0235
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