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- From: syd@dsi.com (Syd Weinstein)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
- Subject: Re: elmrc complaint
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 13:28:32 -0500
- Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc., Huntingdon Valley, PA
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- Distribution: usa
- Message-ID: <1elv4gINN6mb@dsinc.dsi.com>
- References: <1992Nov21.113801.20506@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
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- cbarkley@alex (The DarkMage) writes:
- >I have a problem with the way elm builds the elmrc file. It is
- >hardcoding in the path to the user's directory instead of using
- >$HOME or ~ or something. As a consequence, when that user's home
- >directory is moved (as we are having to do), everything goes to
- >hell. Every time they run, it wants to create the .elm directory
- >in the OLD directory and refuses to accept the = operator in a
- >folder name. Could this be fixed in a later patch, or is there
- >some way of coercing the existing system to behave itself?
- With out mentioning what version, it sounds like an older one.
- 2.4 is very content to use $HOME or ~ if you used $HOME or ~
- in the original.
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- Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator - Current 2.4PL11
- Datacomp Systems, Inc. Projected 3.0 Release: ??? ?,1994
- syd@DSI.COM or dsinc!syd Voice: (215) 947-9900, FAX: (215) 938-0235
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