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Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 12:36:32 +1000
From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au>
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To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@ref.tfs.com>, syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au,
        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: To all the ctm'mers...
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Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> writes:
>> > Sure. But _where_? Where does sendmail get a path from?
>> 
>> I use this:
>> ctm-cvs-cur:    "| PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin /usr/sbin/ctm_rmail -l /archive/CTM_m
>ail
>> /log -p /archive/CTM_mail -d /archive/CTM -b /home/ncvs"
>> 
>> and it works, but is gross...
>> 
>> I belive ctm_rmail should use an absolute path to the ctm program.
>
>How about assuming that ctm is in the same directory as ctm_rmail?

[Disclaimer: I've lost 4 days mail due to a tragic error, so I've missed the
start of this.  I haven't found the mail archives either.  FAQ maintainer,
wherefor art thou?]

As the ctm_rmail author, and the person who made Poul remove the absolute path
to ctm, I should explain myself.  I think it is a trivial matter to arrange
for the PATH to be correct, and a non-trivial matter to change a builtin
pathname.  I actually run the ctm system on a non-FreeBSD box (and NFS mount
the result to a test FreeBSD box), and therefore see the added flexibility
as well worth it.

My incoming mail situation isn't simple: my .forward calls MH slocal
which runs through my .maildelivery which calls /usr/syssgm/bin/ctm_incoming
which does the hard work.

So, translating, someone like yourself could use an entry in /etc/aliases:

    ctm-cvs-cur: "| /foo/bar/ctm_incoming"

and have /foo/bar/ctm_incoming contain something like:

    #! /bin/sh
    PATH="your favourite path"
    export PATH
    cd /place/for/goodies || exit 1
    exec ctm_rmail -f -l log -p pieces -d deltas -b /current/src

Now, that wasn't too hard, was it? :-)

Stephen.