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| author | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua> | 2013-02-16 11:41:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua> | 2013-02-16 11:49:24 +0200 |
| commit | 375ffa14056f4165c9674fa94c243bd632c43742 (patch) | |
| tree | b4503acdd526c1d74ea79aaeb5f1df62efabe16e /NEWS | |
| parent | efa513048a74fca2e3ab1b16cc927f8331347f75 (diff) | |
| download | mailutils-375ffa14056f4165c9674fa94c243bd632c43742.tar.gz mailutils-375ffa14056f4165c9674fa94c243bd632c43742.tar.bz2 | |
ali: executable file inclusion.
The "< file" construct tests if file is executable and begins with
the shell interpreter magic (#!/ or #! /). If so, this file is
executed and its output is collected. This provides a way for
building aliases on the fly.
* mh/mh_alias.l (buffer_ctx) <exec_p>: New member.
(exec_p): New static variable.
(push_source): If the file is executable and begins with
the "#!/" magic, run it and collect its output.
(pop_source): Use exec_p to decide how to close the file.
* mh/tests/ali.at: Test executable file inclusion.
* NEWS: Update.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -GNU mailutils NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2012-11-12 +GNU mailutils NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2013-02-16 Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end of file for copying conditions. @@ -203,6 +203,14 @@ option: "yes", the mailbox will be truncated after successful processing. If BOOL is "no", the source mailbox will not be truncated. +** MH aliases + +The "< FILE" construct has been extended to allow for building the +list of aliases on the fly. If FILE is an executable file and its +first line begins with a shell interpreter magic (#!/ or #! /), then +instead of being included, such file is run using "/bin/sh -c", its +output is collected and included in the aliases. + ** mailutils-config is deprecated. Use `mu cflags' and `mu ldflags' instead. The mailutils-config is |