Subject: Re: Named pipe for .sig ignored?

From: [email-masked] (Shekar Ramanathan)
Date: 14 Oct 1996 19:25:07 GMT

On Oct 13, 1996 I ([email-masked]) wrote:
> I am trying to play some tricks with my .signature file by making it
> a named pipe in order to generate a new .sig each time.  (I am trying
> to use the "planner" package I picked off the net.)

> For some reason, pine seems to be refusing to read the .signature file
> if it is a named pipe.  It works just fine (i.e., a new signature is
> fed in each time the .signature is read) with other mail progs such
> as 'mail', 'elm', and all others I tried.

> I will appreciate if anyone could tell me how to get around this
> problem.  BTW, please feel free to flame me if this has been asked plenty
> many times before; our news server stores only about 200 latest articles :(

I forgot to mention that I am using PINE 3.95 on SunOS 4.2.

					Thanks.
					
					Shekar
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From: [email-masked] (Shekar Ramanathan)
Date: 13 Oct 1996 15:34:31 GMT

Thanks.

					Shekar