Re: Address replacement

1999-04-21 Thread David Shaw
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 06:26:46PM +0200, Stefan `Sec` Zehl wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 01:06:20PM -0400, David Shaw wrote: > > It is safe to do: > > mutt-alias-dedupe < your-alias-file > your-alias-file > > If you already use perl, why don't you use perl's faboulus 'in-place > editing m

Re: Address replacement

1999-04-21 Thread Stefan `Sec` Zehl
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 01:06:20PM -0400, David Shaw wrote: > It is safe to do: > mutt-alias-dedupe < your-alias-file > your-alias-file If you already use perl, why don't you use perl's faboulus 'in-place editing mode'? | -i[extension] | specifies that files processed by the

Re: Address replacement

1999-04-20 Thread Tim Walberg
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Re: Address replacement

1999-04-20 Thread Tim Walberg
On 04/20/1999 13:06 -0400, David Shaw wrote: >> It is safe to do: >> mutt-alias-dedupe < your-alias-file > your-alias-file >> >> as the new file is not written until the old one is completely read. Actually, this is shell-dependent. The version of ksh that I'm usi

Re: Address replacement

1999-04-20 Thread David Shaw
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 01:06:20PM -0400, David Shaw wrote: > It is safe to do: > mutt-alias-dedupe < your-alias-file > your-alias-file > > as the new file is not written until the old one is completely read. Er, I take that back. It is safe to do: cat your-alias-file | mutt-ali

Re: Address replacement

1999-04-20 Thread David Shaw
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 12:47:20PM +0200, Gero Treuner wrote: > If you choose to store your alias definitions in a single file, you > could write a macro which picks up the new alias from the alias_file > and calls a script to edit your sourced file, or a script which > updates your alias file by

Re: Address replacement

1999-04-20 Thread Gero Treuner
Hi! On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 03:49:59PM -0500, Martin Julian DeMello wrote: > When I try to store a mail address under a preexisting alias, mutt complains > that the alias is already in use, and returns. Wouldn't it make more sense > to ask if I wanted to replace the address in the file? This is e

Address replacement

1999-04-19 Thread Martin Julian DeMello
When I try to store a mail address under a preexisting alias, mutt complains that the alias is already in use, and returns. Wouldn't it make more sense to ask if I wanted to replace the address in the file? This is especially annoying when dealing with mails of the type "Hi, please note my new ema