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    From Jeff Smith@1:282/1031 to All on Fri Feb 16 23:31:54 2018
    Hello There,

    In an attempt update the Elist I tried using the command line.

    ./bbbs btxt2bbs Netmail /home/bbbs/elist-upd/<Filename> /F Jeff Smith /T Echolist /S !*1:1/21 MOD UPD

    The problem seems to be the "!*" which is supposed to tell BBBS to send the message as Crash/Direct. The "!*" works fine if the netmail is written manually
    but not when used in a command line.

    Jeff

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-3
    * Origin: The Ouija Board (1:282/1031)
  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Jeff Smith on Sat Feb 17 10:47:06 2018
    Hi Jeff,

    On 2018-02-16 23:31:54, you wrote to All:

    In an attempt update the Elist I tried using the command line.

    ./bbbs btxt2bbs Netmail /home/bbbs/elist-upd/<Filename> /F Jeff Smith /T Echolist /S !*1:1/21 MOD UPD

    The problem seems to be the "!*" which is supposed to tell BBBS to send
    the
    message as Crash/Direct. The "!*" works fine if the netmail is written manually but not when used in a command line.

    It's linux. So a * inside an option is expanded to matching filenames by the shell. So write it inside single quotes like: '!*1:1/21' and you ar probably ok...

    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From Jeff Smith@1:282/1031 to Wilfred Van Velzen on Sat Feb 17 21:20:12 2018
    Hello Wilfred,

    The problem seems to be the "!*" which is supposed to tell BBBS to send the >> message as Crash/Direct. The "!*" works fine if the netmail is written
    manually but not when used in a command line.

    It's linux. So a * inside an option is expanded to matching filenames by the shell. So write it inside single quotes like: '!*1:1/21' and you ar probably ok...

    Yeah, in the back of my mind I was thinking that either the "!" or the "*" were
    being used or acted upon beyond what was intended. Thanks for the confirmation of what I had suspected.


    Jeff


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