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Problem with filter and underscores...

#3577
From: Stephen Riehm
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:15
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Hi guys 'n gals,

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	I am looking for a workaround for a problem in filter.
Basically the whole problem lies in the fact that we have stupid user
names here, with underscores. This means that when I try to use an
exec rule, with any program or script in my personal directory tree,
the path gets split with a space where all the underscores were.

eg:

( subject "backup" ) exec /home/ln_smr/bin/backup.report

gets interpreted as:
Rule 1:  if (subject = "backup") then
	  Execute /home/ln smr/bin/backup.report

which results in the error "/home/ln: file not found"

funny that.

So, if anyone knows a workaround for this problem, which doesn't
involve me getting a new user name or home directory (I have already
tried) could you please let me know. I really don't want all my cron
outputs in my mailbox every morning :-)

thanks in advance

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From: ln_smr@pki-nbg.philips.de (Stephen Riehm)
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Subject: Problem with filter and underscores...
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Date: 28 Jan 93 07:15:13 GMT
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