Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:1053 news.sysadmin:777 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ubvax!unisv!vanpelt From: vanpelt@unisv.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,news.sysadmin Subject: Re: My script for mapfiles/pathalias updating Keywords: pathalias, maps, update, script Message-ID: <471@unisv.UUCP> Date: 28 Jun 88 15:46:47 GMT References: <957@flatline.UUCP> <320@elan.UUCP> Reply-To: vanpelt@unisv.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) Organization: Unisys Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA Lines: 19 In article <957@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes: [description of map-updating script] >>Anyone who thinks they can do this better, please post your script. I just put a line in my KILL file for comp.mail.maps, as follows: /^/w | (cd /maps/newmaps ; sh) I leave comp.mail.maps subscribed, so when I read the news, as soon as I come to the map group, all the new maps are automatically copied to the map directory. All record-keeping is done by rn so there's no need for timestamping and such. I could also put a /^/j in there so it would automatically mark them all as read after writing them to the map directory, but I preferr to hit 'cy' manually after seeing them written out. -- Mike Van Pelt "Hey, hey, ho ho, Unisys, Silicon Valley Western culture's got to go." vanpelt@unisv.UUCP Stanford students and faculty.