Re: Trying to use $1 from -a argument

srb(_at_)cuci(_dot_)nl (Stephen R. van den Berg) said:

Sten Drescher <dreschs(_at_)mpd(_dot_)tandem(_dot_)com> wrote:

> > * 1 ?? .+
SRvdB> $1 is a pseudovariable.  So this doesn't work.

        That's what I thought the problem was.  Not having looked at the
code, is there any chance of having this restriction removed in a future
version?  It's annoying having to do a 'FILED=$-' every time I want to
see if a mail has been filed and carboned.

SRvdB> * ARGUMENT ?? ^^[^/ ]+^^ mail.$1.spool

        I there any particular reason for doing it this way, rather than
'* ARGUMENT ?? .+'?

        Sten

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