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                     Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 19:08:52 -0400
                     From: Eric Durant <eadurant@concentric.net>
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                  Subject: procmail: calling awk, tail, etc.
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Hello,

I just sent this to ExecPC's tech. support.  I'm posting a copy here in
case another user has had experience with this and would like to
comment.

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To:      help@execpc.com
Date:    06:57 PM 5/26/1999 -0400
Subject: procmail: calling awk, tail, etc.

Hello,

Does the machine that procmail runs on have access to stream handlers
such as `tail' and `awk'?  I've tried both calling these with their
unadorned names and with the complete path as they exist on earth, but
procmail can't find them in either case.  Here is the relevant output
from procmail's verbose mode (mail directed to myself for testing):

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procmail: Executing " formail -k -X"From" -X"Date" -X"Subject" \
   | formail -A"To: edurant@execpc.com" \
      -A"X-Loop: edurant@execpc.com" \
   | /usr/ucb/tail +2 \
   | /usr/local/bin/awk \
      "{ while(i<500) { print; i += length; next; } }" \
   | $SENDMAIL -oi -t"
/bin/sh: /usr/ucb/tail: No such file or directory
/bin/sh: /usr/local/bin/awk: No such file or directory
=====

Thank You,

Eric Durant
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