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From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: relative path names in filter
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Date: 11 Jul 90 19:36:00 GMT
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Nf-From: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!phil    Jul 11 14:36:00 1990


It is possible to use relative file names in the .filter-rules if you make
sure that filter runs cd in your home or other proper directory?  I could
use the follow .forward:

"|/cso/staff/phil/.forward-csh"

and the file ".forward-csh" has:

#!/bin/csh
cd ~/.mail
exec /usr/local/bin/filter -o ../.filter-errors >>& ../.filter-stderr

and thus reference non-absolute path names relative to my ".mail"
subdirectory from the .filter-rules file.  Any reason why, such as
filter detects non-absolute path names and rejects them, that this
would not work?

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