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Date:      Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:29:46 -0400
From:      Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: qmail and setting up mailboxs
Message-ID:  <39818ACA.76E93FCB@miltonstreet.com>
References:  <398186B6.F460AFB8@miltonstreet.com> <20000728091949.G11712@diskfarm.firehouse.net> <3981881A.90569B52@miltonstreet.com> <20000728092950.A12732@diskfarm.firehouse.net>

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Alan Clegg wrote:

> Out of the ether, Sam Carleton spewed forth the following bitstream:
>
> > > with shell expansion, ~user/Mailbox is a file in user's home directory
> > > called Mailbox.
>
> > That makes sense, but then how do I copy a folder (/usr/mail/mhoman) to a file
> > /home/mhoman?  Any thoughts?
>
> Uh... your users should have home _directories_, not files.  Are you sure
> that /home/mhoman is not a directory?
>
> This is a basic concept of multi-user systems, and while I can't come up
> with a reference right off the bat, I'd recommend that you do some reading.

Come on Alan,  Do you really think I don't know that /home/mhoman is a folder?  It
was a mistype, what I ment was:

How do I copy a folder /usr/mail/mhoman to a file /home/mhoman/Mailbox?
--
Sam Carleton
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