dattier(_at_)wwa(_dot_)com (David W. Tamkin) wrote:
<snip>
dattier> No! If you get new mail in your spool while you're editing it, copying
dattier> furu.mbox (after you have edited it) back to the name /var/mail/furu
will
dattier> wipe out the new deliveries.
dattier>
dattier> Try this instead:
dattier>
dattier> %lockfile -ml
dattier> %cp /var/mail/furu furu.mbox
dattier> % --- edit furu.mbox here! ---
dattier> %cp furu.mbox /var/mail/furu
dattier> %lockfile -mu
Indeed. Thanks for correction.
P.S. Thanks also to Aaron Schrab for response.
_/_/_/ Mitsuru FURUKAWA _/_/_/
_/_/_/ Tokyo, Japan _/_/_/
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