Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:29:46 -0400 From: Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: qmail and setting up mailboxs Message-ID: <39818ACA.76E93FCB@miltonstreet.com> References: <398186B6.F460AFB8@miltonstreet.com> <20000728091949.G11712@diskfarm.firehouse.net> <3981881A.90569B52@miltonstreet.com> <20000728092950.A12732@diskfarm.firehouse.net>
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Alan Clegg wrote: > Out of the ether, Sam Carleton spewed forth the following bitstream: > > > > with shell expansion, ~user/Mailbox is a file in user's home directory > > > called Mailbox. > > > That makes sense, but then how do I copy a folder (/usr/mail/mhoman) to a file > > /home/mhoman? Any thoughts? > > Uh... your users should have home _directories_, not files. Are you sure > that /home/mhoman is not a directory? > > This is a basic concept of multi-user systems, and while I can't come up > with a reference right off the bat, I'd recommend that you do some reading. Come on Alan, Do you really think I don't know that /home/mhoman is a folder? It was a mistype, what I ment was: How do I copy a folder /usr/mail/mhoman to a file /home/mhoman/Mailbox? -- Sam Carleton Please stop by http://www.maineville.net and help my local police force! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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