On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 12:25:34PM +0200, Dirk Laurie wrote:
> I can write a little script, e.g.
>
> # /bin/sh
> MBOX=$$
> cat > /tmp/$MBOX
> mutt -f /tmp/$MBOX
> rm /tmp/$MBOX
>
> but mutt seems to know that it is not being invoked from a terminal
> and tries to go into send mode.
>
> Am I missing a simple trick?
This seems to work:
#!/bin/sh
MBOX=$$
cat > /tmp/$MBOX
exec < /dev/tty # Change stdin to the controlling tty.
mutt -f /tmp/$MBOX
rm /tmp/$MBOX
This also fixes the missing "!" from "#!", but that wasn't the problem.
HTH,
Gary
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Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies
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