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From: go_spam_yourself@iglou1.iglou.com (Bill Marcum)
Subject: Re: Problems with "Piping" Mail Input
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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 20:15:57 GMT
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In article <336a6c8f.27955581@news.alt.net>, Chris Kintz wrote:
>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.
>
You are using the correct pipe symbol, your problem is what follows it
should be nothing but a valid file name, probably
"|/user/ckintz/filter.pl/nags_filter.pl"
To tell the system to use perl5, the first line of nags_filter.pl should be:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl5
(assuming that perl5 is located in the /usr/local/bin directory on your
system).
nags_filter.pl should also have execute permission, of course.
>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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>
> --John Russell
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