Mutt - filepro report processing - Unix

[Richard D. Williams]

On 9/22/2014 1:58 PM, Henry Arredondo wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Filepro-list [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+hxarredondo=lkqcorp.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth Brody
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 12:57 PM
> To: Fairlight; filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Mutt - filepro report processing - Unix
>
> On 9/22/2014 1:16 PM, Fairlight wrote:
>> The user you are logged in as before you go into filePro is the one to
>> which the bash shell drops privileges between the SYSTEM() call and
>> the actual execution of mutt.
>>
>> If that user did not have permissions for /usr2/henry/, this could
>> result in an inability to see anything being redirected in, and might
>> result in that message.
>>
>> Are your permissions set appropriately?
> If the user didn't have access to that directory, then the shell would give an error on the redirect, and mutt would never even run.
>
> [...]
>>> Example :
>>>
>>> /usr2/henry> umask 0
>>> /usr2/henry> cal 2014 > 2014      # generates a file called 2014 with the 2014 calendar
>>>
>>> Then a run the command and it works perfectly:
>>>
>>> /usr2/henry> mutt -s subject henry at email.com<mailto:henry at email.com>
>>> < 2014
>>>
>>> But this below will throw a "Could not send the message." Right after running the report.
>>>
>>> 63  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>>>          . If:                                                        .
>>>          Then: system "cd /usr2/henry ; mutt -s Subject henry at vegena.net < 2014"
> [...]
>
> Are there any flags to mutt to have it give you more info beyond "I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that"?  Perhaps an error log file with details?
>
> --
> Kenneth Brody
>
>
> Ken,
>
> I made the command even simpler and still no good.
>
> 63  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>         . If:
>         Then: system "mutt -s Test henry at vegena.net < /dev/null"
>
> I get a blank email when ran on the command line with subject test, but run from filepro all I get is:
>
>                            ┌─────────────────────────┐
>                            │ Email Shipment Packslip │
>                            └─────────────────────────┘
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>                            Records Selected:         1
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>                           Generating Output:         1
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> ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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>                                          H
> Could not send the message.
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> I checked Mutt's Man page but I don't see any logs at all. I even checked the system's mail log file but it's not showing any entry at the time of running the process.
>
> Please consider the environment before printing
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Henry,

Mark is right. Try this ....

system "cd /usr2/henry ; mutt -s*\"*Subject*\"*  henry at vegena.net  < 2014"


Richard

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