Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 21:50:16 -0700 (PDT) From: sef@kithrup.com To: gnats-admin@freebsd.org Subject: bin/1577: mail -f foo does not look in current directory of .mailrc has chdir Message-ID: <199609060450.VAA21206@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199609061530.IAA01238@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1577 >Category: bin >Synopsis: mail -f foo does not look in current directory of .mailrc has chdir >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Sep 6 08:30:01 PDT 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Sean Eric Fagan >Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd. >Release: 2.1.5-RELEASE >Environment: FreeBSD garth.kithrup.com 2.1.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE #0: Wed Aug 28 19:46:19 PDT 1996 root@garth.kithrup.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GARTH i386 >Description: Mail handles -f options after it processes the .mailrc; this results in "mail -f foo" not having the desired effect if there is a "cd" command in the $HOME/.mailrc file. >How-To-Repeat: echo "cd $HOME" >> $HOME/.mailrc cd /tmp create_a_mail_file_some_how_in_/tmp mail -f mail_file >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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