Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site hoqam.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!hoqam!twb From: twb@hoqam.UUCP (BEATTIE) Newsgroups: net.sources Subject: Re: cmdbymail - a command-execution-via-mail program Message-ID: <160@hoqam.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Jul-85 12:22:18 EDT Article-I.D.: hoqam.160 Posted: Fri Jul 5 12:22:18 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jul-85 10:37:57 EDT References: <8735@ucbvax.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel Lines: 35 > From: Jacob Levy> > Did you ever want to get that file you forgot to take with you when you > went to visit that other university? What a shame you forgot! Now you > will not be able to get it fast. > > But with 'cmdbymail', you can just send yourself a command file to mail > the missing file to you at the place you are currently at, and the mail > system will take care of it. How is it done? Unpack this shell archive, > by feeding everything below the dashed line to 'sh', and read the man > page included. Err, Umm Is this a BSD only utility? As far as I know [:-) .forward (??) files are not used on system V. Has there been any attempt to identify items which are: 1. BSD only 2. System V only 3. Able to function anywhere after possibly a few mods. 4. Other ? Persons posting sources could at least indicate systems known to work and possibly support features required (like .forward files). (Maybe I should read the headers more closely - but just because something was developed under BSD doesn't mean it can't work under System V, et al. Tom. Genderplex - n. The predicament of a person in a restaurant who is unable to determine his or her designated restroom (e.g. turtles and tortoises). Uniplex - n. The predicament of a unix user who is unable to determine if a piece of posted software will or won't work on his or her machine.