> > 2. Is it possible to write a single .muttrc that I can copy to > > the three home directories that can determine the "folder" path > > based on the current OS? That is, the common mail folder is called > > "/Volumes/Common/Mail" in OS X, "D:/Common/Mail" in Windows, and > > "/Common/Mail" in Linux. Or do I just have to have three separate > > .muttrc files and manually coordinate them? (I've never actually used > > the Windows version of Mutt, so I'm guessing at the path format.) > > Sure. I've never used win32 mutt either, but presumably you can use it > as part of a full mingw32/cygwin environment to get scripting tools. > > Behold this command: > source "~/bin/muttrc.sh |"
One can also use backtics in a muttrc to surround a snippet of shell script, thereby avoiding the need for keeping another shell script file laying round (in three places, no less): source `some-conditional-here` --Jack
