On Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 05:12:58PM +0200, Thomas Roessler wrote:
> On 1999-07-22 21:26:59 +1100, Brian Salter-Duke wrote:
>
> > 2. In the attachment menu send the file to a dummy script that
> > basically says "Hit enter to continue:" and waits until you do.
> > While it waits the file is in /tmp. I run samba and have the tmp
> > share open on the PC in a window. Pull down view menu in this
> > window to refresh. You now see a MSWord icon for the file. Double
> > click and MS Word comes up. Great.
>
> Why don't you just save that file to some private temporary
> directory exported with Samba from which you purge files after some
> time, using an appropriate find command run from crontab?
>
Because this works exactly the same as the tmp share. I.e. it does not
work on a RS6000. I tried this with my home share saving the file in my
home directory. It is a samba thing, not a tmp directory thing.
Cheers, Brian.
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Chemistry, Faculty of Science, IT and Education, Northern Territory University,
Darwin, NT 0909, Australia. Phone 08-89466702. Fax 08-89466847
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