Quoting Rocco Rutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Mar 26, 2002 14:55]: > The problem is the following: if I would type fast enough to > send a few dozen mails a minute, I wanted to be abled to > include the date and time in the file I specify by the 'record' > variable. Using `date`. But `date` is only expanded on startup. > Pipes may not be used. So that all mails would end up in the > same file the with time mutt read the config file. And > permanently re-reading the config file is ugly.
I think if you \ the backticks, they will be evaluated when the variable is read, and not when the config is read. So, instead of: set record="`date +'%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M'`" use something like: set record="\`date +'%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M'\`" Untested. :) (darren) -- All is fear in love and war.
