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From: bogusckintz@noucealoha.com (Chris Kintz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.shell
Subject: Problems with "Piping" Mail Input
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 13:38:50 GMT
Organization: Just Me, Myself, And I
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I don't know much about Unix, so I figure I would go to those who are
Unix Gods for help...
I'm trying to pipe all of my incoming mail into my mail filter, which
is named "nags_filter.pl". It's located in my /user/ckintz/filter.pl
directory. Now, my question is this... how do I make a .forward file
to pipe all of my mail to the filter to get processed? Since I have
to use perl5, I've been trying "|/user/ckintz/filter.pl/perl5
nags_filter.pl" (Using the "|" key, basically the "Shift-\" that is
above the ENTER key on the PC keyboard). Using edit/pico doesn't seem
to work, as it'll either send the mail off into oblivion, or create a
file called "perl5.nags_filter.pl" in the filter.pl subdirectory and
put all the mail in there.
I tried to create a file using "cat >.forward" and then typing
(Control-D) to get a "pipe" symbol, but it seems to cancel it. Using
"|/user/ckintz/filter.pl/perl5 nags_filter.pl" with "cat >.forward"
caused the effects I describe above.
Help!
Log on into the shell indicates that the version of Unix installed is:
BSDI BSD/OS 2.1 Kernel #0: Tue Feb 25 15:16:04 HST 1997
Thanks.
- Chris
(UIN 726529) ("Xoxotl" in online games)
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