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Re: [PATCH 3/3] doc: give examples for send-email cc-cmd operation

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Jul 20, 2015, 20:26 UTC
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On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
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> If you really want to give an example of how to use --cc-cmd
> (--to-cmd) with a plain text file holding email addresses, maybe
> something like this instead:
>
> Create an EXAMPLES section.
>
> Make the bare-bones, static address list script the first example:
>
>     #!/bin/sh
>     echo <<\EOF
>     person1@example.com
>     person2@example.com
>     EOF
>
> Then add an example showing how to take the fixed address list from a
> plain text file. Have the user create the following script (let's call
> it "anticat") which cat's all of its input arguments except the final
> one, which is the patch itself:
>
>     #!/bin/sh
>     while test $# -gt 1
>     do
>         cat $1
>         shift
>     done
>
> And, to use: --to-cccmd='anticat myaddresses.txt'

I forgot to add that even this is iffy as an example because it depends upon the current implementation passing the cmd string to a shell, which might not always be the case, and might not be reliably implemented that way on some platforms (such as Windows).

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Message 10 of 18 in “Update send-email cc-cmd documentation”
  1. 0/3 Update send-email cc-cmd documentationPhilip Oakley, Jul 20, 2015
  2. 1/3 doc: convert send-email option headings to nounsPhilip Oakley, Jul 20, 2015
  3. 2/3 doc: send-email; expand on the meaning of 'auto-cc'Philip Oakley, Jul 20, 2015
  4. Eric SunshineJul 20, 2015
  5. 2/3 doc: send-email; expand oon the meaning of 'auto-cc'Philip Oakley, Jul 20, 2015
  6. Philip OakleyJul 20, 2015
  7. 3/3 doc: give examples for send-email cc-cmd operationPhilip Oakley, Jul 20, 2015
  8. Eric SunshineJul 20, 2015
  9. Eric SunshineJul 20, 2015
  10. Eric SunshineJul 20, 2015
  11. Philip OakleyJul 20, 2015
  12. Eric SunshineJul 20, 2015
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2015
  14. Philip OakleyJul 20, 2015
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2015
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2015
  17. Philip OakleyJul 21, 2015
  18. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2015

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