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Date:      Thu, 5 Sep 1996 21:50:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:      sef@kithrup.com
To:        gnats-admin@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/1577: mail -f foo does not look in current directory of .mailrc has chdir
Message-ID:  <199609060450.VAA21206@freefall.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <199609061530.IAA01238@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         1577
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       mail -f foo does not look in current directory of .mailrc has chdir
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep  6 08:30:01 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Sean Eric Fagan
>Organization:
Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd.
>Release:        2.1.5-RELEASE
>Environment:
FreeBSD garth.kithrup.com 2.1.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE #0: Wed Aug 28 19:46:19 PDT 1996     root@garth.kithrup.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GARTH  i386

>Description:
Mail handles -f options after it processes the .mailrc; this results in
"mail -f foo" not having the desired effect if there is a "cd" command
in the $HOME/.mailrc file.

>How-To-Repeat:
echo "cd $HOME" >> $HOME/.mailrc
cd /tmp
create_a_mail_file_some_how_in_/tmp
mail -f mail_file

>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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