* Sven Guckes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-11 17:23 +0200]: > * Ryan Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-10 06:32]: > > source "~/.mutt/hooks/folder.recip.sh ~/.Mail/lists/"| > > source "~/.mutt/hooks/folder.recip.sh ~/.Mail/people/"| > > * Sven Guckes wrote: > > source filename > > source filename| > > "filename foo" is *not* a filename, i suppose. > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-11 14:57]: > > Hi Sven - I'm trying to understand what you meant by this. > > I'm guessing here - but does the vertical bar have to come at the > > end of the script name ? Not at the end of the command line ? > > "filename" stands for the name of a file. no more - no less. > > so - is "foo bar" a filename? or more specifically - > is there a file named "folder.recip.sh ~/.Mail/lists/" > (note the space!) in Ryan's ~/.mutt/hooks directory? > my guess is that this *file* does *not* exist. [...] > > The admirable terseness of UNIX/Linux documentation sometimes > > cause gaps in understanding which are not apparent to those > > who are already familiar with the topics being examined. > > I believe this is one of those times. > > au contraire. Ryan probably expected that he can use > any kind of commmand with parameters in this value. > and that's where he would be wrong because the > parameter is explicitly described as a *filename*. > or does it say "put parameters here" anywhere? > exactly.
But it DOES work: source "awk -f ~/.mutt/gen_mailboxes.awk ~/.mutt/mailboxes"| Nicolas
