<<< Date Index >>>     <<< Thread Index >>>

Re: pointing to .muttrc in different location



On 2003-11-15, "Colin J. Raven" <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * Christian Schneider <strcat@xxxxxxx> [2003-11-15 19:51]:
> > Hi Colin,
> > 
> > * Colin J. Raven (me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) [2003-11-15 10:50]:
> > > I'd like to place my .muttrc in a slightly more private location, a 
> > > subdirectory of $HOME I've called .mutt.
> > > How can I make mutt read its .rc file in the new location?
> > > Advice & Suggestions will be greatly appreciated
> > 
> > Just start mutt. It will read ~/.muttrc or ~/.mutt/muttrc. See the
> > manpage for details (man mutt /FILES).
> > -- 
> I tried this by moving the .muttrc into $Home/.mutt then started mutt.
> 
> It didn't work.

Read the above again.  The second file is ~/.mutt/muttrc, not
~/.mutt/.muttrc--there is a dot in the directory name but not in the
file name.

Gary

-- 
Gary Johnson                               | Agilent Technologies
garyjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                   | Wireless Division
http://www.spocom.com/users/gjohnson/mutt/ | Spokane, Washington, USA