On 14Oct2007 13:11, Patrick Shanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | * Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10-14-07 12:43]: | > Am 2007-10-09 21:06:32, schrieb Patrick Shanahan: | > > Do you have something afterwards altering $MAILDIR, | > > AND | > > your procmail *path* variables should be quoted: | > | > I am usung procmail since ober 8 years and have never quoted it. | | Which certainly doesn't mean or imply that *you* are correct. This | advise *is* offered by knowledgable individuals on the procmail list.
Who seem to be superstitious, or not shell experts. "man procmailrc" says: The assignments and substitutions of these environment variables are handled exactly like in sh(1) And in the shell, you don't need to quote assignments unless you have _literal_ whitespace etc in the values. For example: x="a c" # needs quoting so `c' is not a command y=$x # does _not_ need quoting This is perfectly reliable, and the second line doesn't need quotes. Maybe you can supply a reproducable counterexample to demonstrate the need to for quotes. -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ I don't waste my money; I invest it in ventures with high negative returns.
