"Lista" == Lista da Horda <lista(_at_)horda(_dot_)com> writes:
Lista> How can I, after receiving an email and dropping it intoi a
Lista> specific location, execute an perl script to work with it.
# Protect the following recipes by grouping them into {}'s and using a
# lockfile
:0: some.lockfile
* conditions
{
# Place it in a file. The `c' flag makes sure procmail continues.
# We already have a lockfile, so we don't need a second `:'
:0c
| cat >file
# Now we run the perl script. The `i' flag makes sure procmail doesn't
# complain about broken pipes. The `h' flag could optimise a little.
:0ih
|your perl script
}
Hint: If you rewrite your perl script to read from STDIN, things will
be easier. The complete set of recipes would reduce to:
:0
* conditions
| your perl script
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