Re: scope of locking (tiglet)

David W. Tamkin <dattier(_at_)wwa(_dot_)com> wrote:
> Stan Ryckman commented,
> R> Here's another thought... even if it does write to stdout, couldn't you
> R> then write instead?:
> R>      :0W:$SGHOMEU/eeyore.lock
> R>      | $SGHOMEX/eeyore.pl > /dev/null
It would fork a shell before starting perl.

> Yes, you could.  (Good idea, Stan.)  In fact, if procmail is running in the
> background on incoming mail, stdout of commands in action lines (except on
> filter or capture recipes) usually vanishes anyway, doesn't it?  At least my
> experience seems to bear that out.
Yes.  So you can do away with the redirection alltogether.
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