On 07May2020 15:01, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
/ustr/sbin/mycron:
#!/bin/sh
currentDate="$(date +'%a %b %d %T %Y')"
echo "From cron@localhost "$currentDate >> /var/spool/mail/$USER
Put $currentDate inside the quotes. With echo it is less of an issue,
but for many other commands you should exert more control over strings.
So as a matter of practice:
echo "From cron@localhost $currentDate"
If nothing else it prevents filename expansion happening to the value of
$currentDate. (Not that that will happen with the date format chosen,
but again, as a general practice in scripting.)
Also:
[...]
It SEEMs that what I am missing is a FROM: line at the beginning that
mutt can handle. Perhaps something like:
From cron@localhost Thu May 07 13:15:01 2020
Note no colon after 'From' and a timestamp
Note that that is _not_ a "From:" line. A "From:" line is a message
header line strating with "From:". Like the "To:" and "Subject:" etc in
most message headers.
What you're supplying is the "message envelope" delimiter line used in
mbox files, which starts with "From ". It is often called a From_ line
(note the trailing undescore) specificly to distinguish it in
conversation from a message header line. It isn't part of the message,
if it part of the mbox syntax delimiting messages.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx>
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