Paul -- ...and then Paul Brannan said... % On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:59:31PM -0500, David T-G wrote: % > ...and then Paul Brannan said... % > % > mutt -v % > % > show you? Do you have dotlocking available? It looks to me as though ... % % The relevant portion of mutt -v indicates: % -HOMESPOOL +USE_SETGID +USE_DOTLOCK +USE_FCNTL -USE_FLOCK
Well, that makes dotlocking look good... % % I tried using mutt_dotlock on a test file in my home directory (as Right. % suggested in the other thread), and it successfully created % testfile.lock; mutt_dotlock -u testfile successfully removed the file as % well. And this was from your NFS client box? Interesting. I wonder why mutt doesn't pick it up, since ... % % I've never used fcntl before, but a simple test application yields: % fcntl: No locks available ... it looks like the problem is fcntl locking failing. % % The program looks like this: ... % This same program works in /tmp (which is non-nfs; the first run the % program produces no output, and the second run the call to open() % fails). Sounds right. % % Perhaps this is a problem of the client being able to lock over nfs but % the server not? I don't know *that* much about locking, so I don't know what works where and what doesn't. It sounds like the case, though. % % > If you want the messages to be deleted when you sync, set it to "yes" in % > your macro; if not, leave it at "no" and forget about the macro. If you % > want to be asked then just set it to ask-no and forget about the macro, % > and when you usually don't want to delete (like when you change folders, % > IIRC) just hit return twice (once when you find and choose your mailbox % > and once to take the default "no"). % % That seems like such a hack, and is awfully inconvenient. How do most That's funny... Your going back and forth with $delete sounds like a real hack to me :-) % other mutt users handle deleting and purging messages? Does anyone else % actually use delete=no? I can't answer for anyone else, but I have delete=yes but have rebound q to sync because I got tired of accidentally quitting (and marking old and all of that) when I just meant to sync. I rarely change folders but instead have umpteen copies of mutt running in screen windows -- many of which are started directly by screen's rc file, which means that when I exit mutt the window dies, too, and I have to restart and retitle it and so on. Rene, since starting to use mutt I've never wished delete was set to ask-yes, but I sure hated mark_old (though I want stuff marked old at times) :-) % % Paul :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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