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Re: Error Msgs

2000-11-05 23:41:06
* Stan Ryckman <stanr(_at_)sunspot(_dot_)tiac(_dot_)net> [20001106 01:15]:
=>At 02:46 PM 11/5/00 +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
=>>hi
=>>Can someone tell me what these error msgs are and how I can avoid them.
=>>
=>>biff: unknown tty: Inappropriate ioctl for device
=>>mesg: ttyname: Inappropriate ioctl for device
=>
=>Almost certainly, you have something in your .cshrc which references
=>an interactive devices, and hence really belongs in your .login file.
=>
=>It's recommended, though, that you don't use csh, tcsh etc. for
=>your .procmailrc; instead, put
=>    SHELL=/bin/sh
=>up top.  (bash or ksh should be OK if you prefer those.)

Maybe. I did not have a shell variable set. I had commented that line but
I now have SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash
I will report back if I see changes ;)

Thanking you.

-Wash

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