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Article #3299How to redirect output from ALIASES file?
From: Steve Frampton
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 07:55
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 07:55
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Hello everyone: I was wondering how it would be possible to have an alias set up in the system/aliases file that would run a program but *direct the output to NUL*. Currently I have it set up like: special-user | d:\waffle\bin\speclpgm.exe When mail is sent to 'special-user' it causes the speclpgm.exe file to be executed. Excellent. But the program outputs a bunch of stuff out, which can be very annoying to a local user. I would like to redirect the output to NUL to prevent this...but the following does *not* do the trick: special-user | d:\waffle\bin\speclpgm.exe > nul Now, I suppose I could have a .BAT file execute instead, and the .BAT file would simply run the program with the redirection -- but my question is, how does Waffle get the input (the mail message) to the program... ie. how would I construct the .BAT file to call this program and still maintain the (already-handled) input redirection? Any help you can provide would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance! +--------+< Unabashed Shabba Ranks Fan! >+------+--------------------+ | Steve Frampton - frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca | Steve Frampton | | I collect postcards! If you send me one from | 501-A Princess St. | | your area, I'll send one in return. Send to >| Kingston, Ontario | | (Don't forget both email and mailing address) | CANADA K7L 1C3 | +-----------------------------------------------+--------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!cs.utexas.edu!torn!news.ccs.queensu.ca!qucis.queensu.ca!ember!vicuna!frampton From: frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton) Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle Subject: How to redirect output from ALIASES file? Message-ID: <2ieuwB4w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> Date: 4 Jan 93 07:55:24 GMT Reply-To: frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca Followup-To: comp.bbs.waffle Organization: Vicuna Systems, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA Lines: 30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii