On 22-May-2002 at 14:36:29 Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Wed, 22 May 2002, John Horne wrote:
>> saved_dhcp: (as the transport)
>> driver = appendfile
>> directory = /usr/local/exim/spool/dhcp-saved
>> user = exim
>>
>> In the system filter file I have:
>>
>> if $sender_host_name matches "dhcp\\\\.plym(outh)?\\\\.ac\\\\.uk\\$"
>> then
>> logfile /usr/local/exim/logs/dhcp.log
>> logwrite "$tod_log: Subject: $h_Subject:\n\
>> \t Sender: $sender_fullhost\n\
>> \t From: $sender_address\n\
>> \t To: $h_To:"
>> save spool/dhcp-saved/
>> endif
>
> You have used a non-absolute path in the system filter. Due to a buglet
> in Exim, this is making it ignore that value, and use the value of
> "directory" in the transport.
>
> If you use an absolute path in the filter, you should not need
> "directory" in the transport.
>
Okay, but...
In 'Exim's interface to mail filtering' (for exim 3.36) it says:
If the file name does not start with a / character, then the contents of
the $home variable are prepended.
The use of 'save' I have above works fine. Surely if its an absolute
pathname then that's okay, and if it's not an absolute pathname then it
should just prepend $home (the $home of the user running the system filter)?
In that case any check of an absolute path name should not be required.
John.
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