Thank you Giff! You are exactly right! Doing a "file /etc/sysconfig/spamassassin" tells me the file is CRLF terminated.
Doing a "dos2unix /etc/sysconfig/spamassassin" has resolved the issue. > -----Original Message----- > From: Giff Hammar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 11:44 AM > To: 'Jon D. Slater'; users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: RE: prefs directories with "^M" in the name > > Jon, > > Typically, it's the difference between UNIX and Windows. If you edited a > conf file in Windows and used binary mode to transfer it to the SA > machine, > the ^M would be in the conf file. There are a couple of ways around it. > The > first is to transfer in ASCII mode, the second is to run dos2unix on the > file and the third is to edit the conf file in vi on the SA machine. If > you > choose the third option, open the file in vi and you should see ^M at the > end of each line. > Type > :1,$ s/^v^m// what you will actually see is :1,$ s/^M// > and press enter. The ^V won't actually appear, but it will force vi to > look > for ^M vice the ^ character followed by M. > > Hope this helps. > > Giff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon D. Slater [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 1:01 PM > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: prefs directories with "^M" in the name > > Hi all, > > Ive read the FAQ and still dont find this issue. > > Configuration: > Spamassassin 3.0.4 > OS: Fedora Core 4 > SPAMDOPTIONS=-d -u spamassassin -x -P > --virtual-config-dir=/usr/share/spamassassin/%u.prefs" > > So, my prefs files are all being stored in /usr/share/spamassassin > > Everything seems to be running fine. > > When I cd into /usr/share/spamassassin and do an ls, I see: > > members.prefs > members.prefs^M (control M, not ^ and M) > > If I remove the ^M version, after some period of time, they come back. > > What is creating these? And how do I fix it? > > Thanks! > > Jon > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.0/269 - Release Date: 2/24/2006
