Re: can 'alias' run programs?

[James R Grinter]

Brian Reichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> But I'm alive now.  Once I get a properly fleshed-out invokation
> of sendpage, I'll mention it on the list, as it looks handy for
> people...

I call a shell script that calls sendpage. Why? To match up the return
codes with what qmail wants:

  /usr/local/etc/sendpage -B -S -f $SENDER $EXT2
  [ $pid -eq 0 ] && exit 0
  # user invited to retry
  [ $pid -eq 75 ] && exit 100
  # fail
  exit 100

James.