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Re: " lockfile syntax "

2007-03-25 07:50:47

On Sun, 25 Mar 2007, bernard(_dot_)schoenacker(_at_)free(_dot_)fr wrote:

hi,

dear udi, thank's for your friendly answer, maybe the question are
the problem of the badest syntax form path to file and lock and not
become a ( cookbook??? grr ) recipe to season procmail
( wiht vinegar & oil )  ... ;)

the "cookbooks" for procmail are many and suffisement explicit ...
but what think the author by writing with this syntax :

     "!home!rgooch!mail!filtered!slow!list-spam"

for me that's resemble of a prehistoric syntax " UUCP like "
 or a humorous kangaroo syntax ...

the orginal file are present at this URL :
ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/people/rgooch/mail-filter/spam-filter.tgz

        The "!" reminded me the old UUCP too  :-)  Also, the "!" has meaning
        in the SHELL syntax.  More thing that I didn't like is using "|" as
        part of the fileanme in config, forexample:

DUPLICATELOCK=/var/lib/emacs/lock/!home!rgooch!mail!filtered!slow|duplicate
                                   `    `      `    `        `    ^
        It can cause problems; or the script is so sophisticated that I
        didn't understand what the author means.

        And, the lock-file are not in same directory with the file - not
        MUST but better.

        I would change the "!" and "|" to "_" or as I wrote before, omit
        the filename.

Bye,
  Udi

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