Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!sun!gnu From: gnu@sun.uucp (John Gilmore) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.mail,net.bugs.uucp Subject: Avoiding expansion of mail's metacharacters Message-ID: <2637@sun.uucp> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 00:38:51 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.2637 Posted: Thu Aug 15 00:38:51 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 08:38:13 EDT References: <1391@cbosgd.UUCP> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 12 Xref: watmath net.unix-wizards:14413 net.mail:1046 net.bugs.uucp:577 There's an obvious and easy way to fix this problem. Put ALL the information in the input file! The only information that needs to go over the uucp link is "run this program on this input file". No argv. The shell is happy to deal with that, and the program is free to place any interpretation on the input file. We don't need to change the already creaking uucp at this late date. It already supports what you want to do; you just aren't using it properly.