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From: kimcm@ambush.UUCP (Kim Chr. Madsen)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: uux sending mail on success
Message-ID: <826@ambush.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jul 88 08:59:54 GMT
References: <172@rex.cs.tulane.edu>
Organization: AmbraSoft A/S (Denmark)
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mrw@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Marilyn Wulfekuhler) writes:

>Then cron runs /usr/lib/news/sendbatch, a script which calls uux   
>___with the -z option___ (tells to send mail only on failure).  And yes, our 
>uux does support -z.

>Is this perhaps a BSD / SYS V incompatibility? (bourbon is BSD and spike is
>SYS V)  Or is there something more obvious that I have missed?  Any help 
>appreciated.


Yes there seems to be a case of SYSV and BSD incompatibility on how to
interpret the options to uux:

On SYSV systems the -z option means "Send success notification to the
user" whereas on BSD (According to my 4.3BSD manual) -z option means
"Notify the user only if the command fail".

Beware there is other nasty traps hidden in uux when shifting between
BSD and SYSV.  Some options are purely SYSV like -b, -sFILE and some
are BSD Only: -l and -L.  Beware if you're using the -n option on BSD
it means "Do not notify the user when the command completes" and on
SYSV "Do not notify the user if the command fails"

Best Regards,

Kim Chr. Madsen, AmbraSoft A/S, Rojelskaer 15, DK-2840 Holte (Denmark)
UUCP: kimcm@ambush.dk, PHONE: +45 2807 522, FAX: +45 2423 090
				   
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