Hi Ralph:
On Sun 2/5/17 17:45 +0000 Ralph Corderoy wrote:
What behaviour do you get with this script run in an empty directory?
$ cat try
#! /bin/bash
PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/bin/mh
unset PAGER
export MH=$PWD/mh
echo path: $PWD >$MH
printf '%s:\n' subject messagename >mhl.format
mkdir -p inbox
for f in 1 2; do
printf 'subject: %s\n' $f >inbox/$f
done
set -x
scan -version
scan
show 1
show 1 2
$
$ ./try
+ scan -version
scan -- nmh-1.6 [compiled on orac at 2016-11-15 11:46:57 +0000 Tue]
+ scan
1 02/05* 1
2+ 02/05* 2
+ show 1
(Message inbox:1)
subject: 1
messagename: (Message inbox:1)
+ show 1 2
>>> inbox:1
subject: 1
messagename: (Message inbox:1)
>>> inbox:2
subject: 2
messagename: (Message inbox:2)
$
Works OK:
~ $ type -a mark
mark is /usr/local/nmh/bin/mark
~ $ head -3 /tmp/try ; # So only chg to your script made was in PATH
#! /bin/bash
PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/nmh/bin
~ $ cd $(mktemp -d /tmp/foo.XXX)
/tmp/foo.jvR $ /tmp/try
+ scan -version
scan -- nmh-1.6 [compiled on psi at Sun Aug 24 13:28:18 CDT 2014]
+ scan
1 02/05* 1
2 02/05* 2
+ show 1
(Message inbox:1)
subject: 1
messagename: (Message inbox:1)
+ show 1 2
>>> inbox:1
subject: 1
messagename: (Message inbox:1)
>>> inbox:2
subject: 2
messagename: (Message inbox:2)
/tmp/foo.jvR $
--
thanks,
Tom
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