Re: use script output as regex pattern in folder-fook
On Jul 25 10:36, David Champion wrote:
> >> set my_muttdir=$HOME/.mutt
> >> folder-hook `$my_muttdir/script.sh` ...
> >
> >> Here, Mutt doesn't seem to expand $my_muttdir before handing the command
> >> over
> >> to the shell. Is there a trick to do that?
> >
> > It doesn't seem so. At least for interactive shell-escape function it's
> > documented that these variables aren't expanded... and I assume the same
> > is true for backtick expansion.
>
> You can work around this by putting MUTTDIR in your shell environment
> before running mutt.
>
> sh$ export MUTTDIR=~/.mutt
> with
> folder-hook `$MUTTDIR/script.sh`
>
Hmm, how do you read my mind? :)
steve