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echo: fidosoft.husky
to: Kaare Olsen
from: Matt Bedynek
date: 2005-04-18 21:37:26
subject: Htick and ExecOnFile

Hello Kaare.

18 Apr 05 20:55, you wrote to All:

 KO> How does Htick's ExecOnFile work?  I have the documentation, but it
 KO> doesn't reveal everything I need to know.

 KO> Upon reception of any file in any file area I'd like to run a script
 KO> that needs the complete path+filename of the received file.  I've
 KO> tried the following to no avail:

 KO> ExecOnFile * * /path/to/script/script

 KO> Can't the filearea (the first *) be a wildcard, or is my script not
 KO> called with the path+filename of the received file?

execonfile nodediff nodediff.* /home/fido/script/nodelist.sh

That is my line.  nodelist.sh is a bourne shell script.  Make sure that it
is excutable and it should work.  If it not then perhaps it does not take *
for the area name.  If It does not, would be a good feature request.

Matt

e-mail: matt [at] thunderdome.us | icq: 16568532 | yahoo: mbedynek

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