A NOTE has been added to this issue. ====================================================================== https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1368 ====================================================================== Reported By: steffen Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: 1003.1(2016/18)/Issue7+TC2 Issue ID: 1368 Category: Shell and Utilities Type: Enhancement Request Severity: Editorial Priority: normal Status: New Name: Steffen Nurpmeso Organization: User Reference: Section: Vol. 3: Shell and Utilities, at, batch Page Number: 2479, 2523 Line Number: 79636 ff., 81458 ff. Interp Status: --- Final Accepted Text: ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2020-07-08 23:10 UTC Last Modified: 2020-12-14 16:43 UTC ====================================================================== Summary: Unworldly use of redirection and mailx(1) in at(1) and batch(1) examples. ====================================================================== Relationships ID Summary ---------------------------------------------------------------------- related to 0001367 mailx: add -E option to discard (not se... ======================================================================
---------------------------------------------------------------------- (0005168) rhansen (manager) - 2020-12-14 16:43 https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1368#c5168 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On page 2479 lines 79638-79640 (XCU at EXAMPLES) change:<blockquote><pre>at now + 1 hour <<! diff file1 file2 2>&1 >outfile | mailx mygroup !</pre></blockquote>to:<blockquote><pre>at now + 1 hour <<EOF diff file1 file2 2>&1 >outfile | mailx -s "outfile update" mygroup EOF</pre>Note that this always sends mail when there has been an attempt to update <b>outfile</b> and the body of the message will be empty unless an error occurred. 3. The following shows how to capture both standard error and standard output:<pre>at now + 1 hour <<EOF { exec 3>&1 run-batch-processing 2>&1 >&3 | mailx -E -s "errors during batch processing" mygroup } | mailx -s "batch processing output" mygroup EOF</pre></blockquote>and renumber the later examples. On page 2523 lines 81460-81462 (XCU batch EXAMPLES) change:<blockquote><pre>batch <<! diff file1 file2 2>&1 >outfile | mailx mygroup !</pre></blockquote>to:<blockquote><pre>batch <<EOF diff file1 file2 2>&1 >outfile | mailx -s "outfile update" mygroup EOF</pre>Note that this always sends mail when there has been an attempt to update <b>outfile</b> and the body of the message will be empty unless an error occurred. 3. The following shows how to capture both standard error and standard output:<pre>batch <<EOF { exec 3>&1 run-batch-processing 2>&1 >&3 | mailx -E -s "errors during batch processing" mygroup } | mailx -s "batch processing output" mygroup EOF</pre></blockquote> Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2020-07-08 23:10 steffen New Issue 2020-07-08 23:10 steffen Name => Steffen Nurpmeso 2020-07-08 23:10 steffen Section => Vol. 3: Shell and Utilities, at, batch 2020-07-08 23:10 steffen Page Number => 2479, 2523 2020-07-08 23:10 steffen Line Number => 79636 ff., 81458 ff. 2020-07-09 08:02 geoffclare Relationship added related to 0001367 2020-12-14 16:43 rhansen Note Added: 0005168 ======================================================================
