* Noah Sheppard <nhshepp...@taylor.edu> [12-12-08 07:31]: > > I would like to be able to use the current folder name as an argument > to arbitrary commands. I've read various wikis and forum postings > about how "^" can be used in certain contexts (like setting record) to > give the current folder name (as of 1.5.10 I believe), but this has > not worked in the commands I'm trying to do. > > I'm using this to set up some mail archiving. Here's what I tried first: > > set my_archdir="/mnt/data/storage/mail/boxes" #the path to the directory > which will contain my archive dirs > macro index,pager S "<save-message>$my_archdir/^<enter>" > > This did not work (it treats the "^" literally), which doesn't > particularly surprise me since "^" looks more like a magic symbol than > a real variable. The next thing I tried was putting the current > directory in a variable as a folder-hook, which also did not work:
"^" is a *special* character that has other meanings on the control line. Try your macro with the "^" escaped, as: macro indes,pager S "<save-message>$my_archdir/\^<enter>" -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org
