Hi Mike,
On Monday, January 20, 2003, 7:09 AM, you put forth, in part, about "safe
writing to spool":
M> Kevin Rice <krice(_at_)spss(_dot_)com> wrote:
Is there any safe way to write to a users' mbox file? The reason I
ask is that the box I've got set up has been modified such that even
messages that are intended to be locally delivered are forwarded by
sendmail to non-local addresses.
M> I'm sure there is. Someone mentioned safecat here awhile back. I had
M> never heard of it before. It may be specific to Maildir.
Yes, safecat is specific to Maildir, as my initial offering to that
individual, Wash, was made because he was using a Maildir setup. I have
been using safecat with my procmail recipes for a long time, and it has
never failed. No lockfile is ever needed.
--
Best regards,
Gary
Love your neighbor, but don't get caught.
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