On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:14:52AM -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:56:19AM +0000, Chris Green wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 01:41:57AM -0600, David Champion wrote: > > > * On 23 Jan 2015, Gary Johnson wrote: > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > > COPY="$1.firefox.html" > > > > > ln "$1" "$COPY" > > > > > /usr/bin/firefox "$COPY" & > > > > > > > > I'm surprised that linking works because it used to be that mutt > > > > overwrote the temporary file with 0s before deleting it. I thought > > > > it still did, but I don't know for sure. > > > > > > You're right, it does overwrite (at least for most cases). I don't > > > think this was always true, but it's been a very long time since I used > > > mailcap this way, so I'm pretty distant. > > > > > > So a hard link won't work. > > > > > OK, so I'll copy the file, not a big problem. > > > > If the copied file is put somewhere in /tmp then it'll get cleared > > away at the next reboot. > > You should be able to "remove" it in the script that copies it and > starts firefox. If more than a process has a file open and the > file is removed, only the directory entry is deleted. The inode > and data blocks not freed until the last close is done. So you > may be able to do something like: > > copy > start firefox in background > pause a second or two > "remove" the copy > exit (or issue a "wait" for firefox to complete) > Yes, OK, I can do that. I have the script working OK now so that should be an easy addition. Thanks all.
-- Chris Green
