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Re: Suggested script change for newaliases



> Currently newaliases starts as follows:
> =>head newaliases
> #!/u/fenris/zmailer/bin/router -f
> #
> ZCONFIG=/etc/zmailer.conf
> 
> Since /etc/zmailer.conf is hardwired into the executables would not the 
> following be better form
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> . /etc/zmailer.conf
> $MAILBIN/router -f
> 
> ...

	Basically yes, in practice there will be a bit problems
	because  proto/Makefile  edits   proto/newaliases  when
	it is executing "make config"..

	.. Ah, it edits only the "hash-bang"-line(s), so it should
	process it correctly.

> This gets around the 30 character limitation in the startup #! line,
> and also means one less place to fiddle with when you move zmailer.
>
> => Sherwood Botsford                   sherwood@space.ualberta.ca <= 

	/Matti Aarnio	<mea@nic.funet.fi> <mea@utu.fi>