#! /bin/sh # $Id: mydist,v 1.2 92/08/03 08:45:38 jerry book2 $ ### mydist - workaround for dist/sendproc problem in "mysend" ### Usage: use as shell alias or function, or rename to "dist" ## ## THERE SEEMS TO BE A BUG IN MH 6.7.2 (AT LEAST) THAT WON'T ## PASS THE -dist SWITCH TO THE post COMMAND IF AN EXTERNAL ## sendproc (LIKE mysend) IS USED. THE RESULT IS ERRORS LIKE ## THESE IF YOU USE THAT sendproc DURING THE dist COMMAND: ## What now? send ## post: illegal header line -- Resent-To: ## ... ## THIS IS A FRONT-END dist SHELL SCRIPT THAT MAKES A ## TEMPORARY COPY OF YOUR MH PROFILE WITHOUT ITS sendproc: ENTRY. ## THEN IT RUNS THE REAL dist AND USES THAT MH PROFILE. ## ## INSTALL THIS AS A C SHELL ALIAS OR BOURNE SHELL FUNCTION. ## OR, RENAME THIS TO dist AND PUT IT IN YOUR SEARCH PATH BEFORE ## THE REAL dist COMMAND. THE "NOTE" MESSAGE WILL REMIND YOU. echo "NOTE: using workaround $0" 1>&2 stat=1 # DEFAULT EXIT STATUS; RESET BY dist tempprfl=/tmp/MYDIST$$ trap 'rm -f $tempprfl; exit $stat' 0 1 2 15 sed '/^[Ss]endproc:/d' ${MH-$HOME/.mh_profile} >$tempprfl || exit MH=$tempprfl /usr/local/mh/dist $* stat=$? # SAVE STATUS FROM dist FOR exit IN trap exit
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