Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/02/26/16:01:58
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> > > Ajay,
> > >
> > > Does it fail in the same way if you use the rule I proposed? Does
> > > /tmp/blah.doc remain behind? What is the timestamp on it? Can you
> > > compare it to the saved version (which does work)?
> > >
> > > It makes a lot of sense, with the rule I proposed, that the document would
> > > get corrupted if you try to open a second Word doc -- since I'm using a
> > > constant filename, the second Word doc overwrites the first... I assume
> > > it doesn't actually get corrupted on any other occasion with that rule...
> > >
> > > So here are a couple of other proposals for the .doc rule:
> > >
> > > Application/MSWORD; cp %s /tmp/mutt-%s.doc && cygstart /tmp/mutt-%s.doc; copiousoutput;
> >
> > BTW the above line in mailcap stops after the copy to /tmp. Cygstart never runs.
> >
> > -ajay
> > >
> > > This should make sure the filenames are distinct for every Word document
> > > you review...
> > >
> > > Application/MSWORD; cygstart %s && sleep 15; copiousoutput;
> > >
> > > This should give Word enough time to start...
> > >
> > > Let me know if either of them works.
> > > Igor
>
> Hmm, I may be a bit confused about the .mailcap format. You may need to
> quote the '&&'. You may also need to invoke the shell to process it, e.g.,
tried both same result. However, I had tried to wrap this into a shell where I copied the
file to a different filename and launched it, I seemed to have the same result.
-ajay
>
> Application/MSWORD; /bin/sh -c "cp %s /tmp/mutt-%s.doc && cygstart /tmp/mutt-%s.doc"; copiousoutput;
>
> and
>
> Application/MSWORD; /bin/sh -c "cygstart %s && sleep 15"; copiousoutput;
>
> The idea is to run 2 commands in sequence.
> Igor
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