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Re: "mount" versus "ln" (was Re: Cygwin/Procmail stops working)


Two previous posts actually answer this question, but I
didn't see them because Procmail quietly started doing its
job again (because the solution worked) and didn't arrive in
my mailbox...

Apologies, and many thanks,
Tom

On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 10:51:43AM +0200, Thomas Baker wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 04:07:16PM +0200, Thomas Baker wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 09:02:39AM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:39:51PM +0200, Thomas Baker wrote:
> > > > |     mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" # pass message to the local MDA
> > > 
> > > The above .fetchmailrc line invokes procmail differently than "procmail
> > > -m".  Since fetchmail is invoking procmail without the "-m" option,
> > > procmail is looking for $HOME/.procmailrc.  My WAG is that procmail
> > > can't find your .procmailrc file.  Hence, procmail defaults to sending
> > > all messages to /var/spool/mail/tbaker without any logging.  Note that
> > > recent posts indicate an incorrect tbaker /etc/passwd entry.
> > 
> > That's it!!!  
> > 
> > I created the directory /home/tbaker and copied e:/.procmail
> > there, and suddenly everything works again!
> > 
> > Bjoern suggested I map /home/tbaker to /cygdrive/e with
> > "mount".  Would this allow me to delete the redundant copy
> > /home/tbaker/.procmailrc and just use /cygdrive/e/.procmailrc?
> > Would this "mount" command go into my .bash_profile?  (Any
> > particular flags to use?)
> 
> This solution reminded me that I had a
> similar problem with Procmail before (see
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-06/msg00545.html)
> which I solved by removing a subdirectory
> /home/Administrator and recreating it as a
> "simulink" to e:/ (as per Jason House's suggestion in
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-05/msg01882.html).
> 
> Unfortunately, my log book does not record exactly how I did
> this, but in my best recollection, I believe I used "ln".
> 
> Bjoern has now suggested one could do this via "mount".
> 
> Are both approaches okay, or is one more advisable than
> the other?
> 
> More generally, I'm wondering whether there should perhaps
> be a note in the FAQ alerting users to the difference between
> setting the value of HOME WIN2000-system-wide, as I do through
> Control Panel -> System; as opposed to setting it in .bashrc;
> as opposed to getting the value from /etc/passwd.  I find
> this confusing, though I'm relieved at least to know where
> the problem resides.
> 
> Tom
> 
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