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Re: alias sharing...

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From: Syd Weinstein
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1991 12:54
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wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) writes:
>Kim Storm has just released a nn patch that makes provision for
>an external alias program.

>I'd LOVE to be able to use my elm-defined alias file under nn.
>Who will be the first to write the needed code????
Who needs to write C code, just write a shell wrapper around
the "elm -c" command.

$ elm -c syd
Expands to: syd@dsi.com (Syd Weinstein)

Then just chop it using expr or sed to remove the stuff you don't
want, such as the Expands to: and the ( ) comment.
-- 
=====================================================================
Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP                   Elm Coordinator
Datacomp Systems, Inc.                          Voice: (215) 947-9900
syd@DSI.COM or dsinc!syd                        FAX:   (215) 938-0235
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Message-ID: <1991Apr19.125422.18608@DSI.COM>
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References: <1991Apr19.025634.11846@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>

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From: syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
Newsgroups: news.software.nn,comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: alias sharing...
Keywords: nn, elm, pl16
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.125422.18608@DSI.COM>
Date: 19 Apr 91 12:54:22 GMT
References: <1991Apr19.025634.11846@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Reply-To: syd@DSI.COM
Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc.  Huntingdon Valley, PA
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