Re: [Evolution] Filter problems when running shell command...

2020-05-08 Thread DrOteonu via evolution-list
On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 13:42 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 14:13 +0200, DrOteonu wrote: > > I tried this: > > (begin script) > > echo "\\n\\nI was called at $(date)" >> > > ~/temp/received_mail_from_john.log > > espeak "Why am I only read out loud sometimes, and not alway

Re: [Evolution] Filter problems when running shell command...

2020-05-08 Thread DrOteonu via evolution-list
> On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 14:13 +0200, DrOteonu wrote > However, this does not have any effect, because if the script is not > called, Here I should have said "if the script is not effectively called" - perhaps it has been called, but failed at some point. > it also seems not to write anything to t

Re: [Evolution] Filter problems when running shell command...

2020-05-08 Thread DrOteonu via evolution-list
On Wed, 2020-05-06 at 17:11 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: Thank you so much for your suggestions, Patrick - my replies inline: > The log shows that the script is being called, so the problem isn't > with Evolution but with the script itself. However, isn't this in the end still some problem/

[Evolution] Filter problems when running shell command...

2020-05-06 Thread DrOteonu via evolution-list
Hi, I try to define a filter that executes an external shell script. However, the result is erratic. Sometimes the shell-script is executed correctly, sometimes it isn't. Lets say, 25% of the time it runs, 75% it does not. I have no clue why, it feels like throwing dice. The script with filename