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From: lwk@CAEN.ENGIN.UMICH.EDU (Lewis W Kellum)
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Subject: sendmail+bourne_shell = error
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Date: Fri, 30-Oct-87 12:50:15 EST
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	When ever we run sendmail ( or mail which exec's sendmail)
	from a bourne shell, sendmail dies with the following error
	"cannot open /usr/lib/sendmail.cf: Invalid argument"
	it seems to choke on the sendmail.cf pathname because of 
	the environment variable used in the /usr symlink, ie.
	
	ls -l /usr
	lrwxrwxrwx  1 root           14 Oct 26 16:22 /usr -> $(systype)/usr
	
	If I move sendmail.cf or make /usr a non-variable symlink, sendmail
	works ok. Other environment variable things seem to work ok
	from the Bourne shell. sendmail works well from a c shell.
	
	Anybody know what the problem is with the  bourne shell, environment 
	variables and sendmail? 
	     Woody Kellum
	     lwk@caen.engin.umich.edu