On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 01:37:30PM +0200, Roberto Suarez Soto wrote:
>       mailboxes `find ~/mail -type f -print | tr '\n' ' '`
> 
>       It looks right, isn't it?
> 
>       It doesn't work either O:-) And I really don't know what's the fault
> now. When I put this line in my muttrc, and then I type "mutt -y", mutt just
> exits without doing anything :-? But if I redirect the result of that
> command to a file, and then paste its contents as a "mailboxes" line, works
> fine :-?

Now you're missing an newline at the end of the string. Try

mailboxes `find $HOME/mail -type f -print | tr '\n' ' ';echo`

instead. Beware also that the tilde ~ doesn't get expanded - you
have to use $HOME instead.

bye,
Jan

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