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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