use current folder name as argument to abitrary command
Esteemed mutt users,
I would like to be able to use the current folder name as an argument to
arbitrary commands. I've read various wikis and forum postings about how "^"
can be used in certain contexts (like setting record) to give the current
folder name (as of 1.5.10 I believe), but this has not worked in the commands
I'm trying to do.
I'm using this to set up some mail archiving. Here's what I tried first:
set my_archdir="/mnt/data/storage/mail/boxes" #the path to the directory which
will contain my archive dirs
macro index,pager S "<save-message>$my_archdir/^<enter>"
This did not work (it treats the "^" literally), which doesn't particularly
surprise me since "^" looks more like a magic symbol than a real variable. The
next thing I tried was putting the current directory in a variable as a
folder-hook, which also did not work:
folder-hook . set my_curdir="^"
macro index,pager S "<save-message>$my_archdir/$my_curdir<enter>"
The error mutt gives (/mnt/data/storage/mail/boxes is not a mail box) indicates
that my_curdir is empty. Does the "^" get replaced with the blank string when
muttrc is first read and there is no "current" mailbox? I would have expected
the set command to be reevaluated each time I switch into a new folder. That
said, even when I run 'set my_curdir="^"' in mutt after muttrc has been read,
my_curdir is still empty. If 'set record="^"' works to get the current folder
name, why doesn't it work to put the current folder name in a user variable, or
am I making a stupid mistake? If not, how does one get the current folder name
in a variable which can be used in various places?
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Mutt 1.5.16 (2007-06-09)
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Thanks much,
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Noah Sheppard
Assistant Computer Resource Manager
Taylor University CSE Department
nsheppar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx