Subject: Re: "duplicate"?

From: [email-masked] (Stephen R. van den Berg)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 19:44:20 +0100

jesse montrose <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> :0 A:
>> duplicate               # To save the duplicate into this file.

>I don't understand why it would work at all, wouldn't the A make it
>dependant on the previous part, which always matches?

Indeed.  Upon closer inspection, the following would be more
appropriate:

 :0 Whc: .msgid.lock     # w produces (non-fatal) error msg
 | formail -D 8192 .msgid.cache

 :0 a:
 duplicate               # To save the duplicate into this file.

-- 
Sincerely,                                  [email-masked]
           Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).

Real programmers don't produce results, they return exit codes.