Subj : Re: Odd Question?
To : Jeff Smith
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sat Feb 17 2018 10:47 am
Hi Jeff,
On 2018-02-16 23:31:54, you wrote to All:
JS> In an attempt update the Elist I tried using the command line.
JS> ./bbbs btxt2bbs Netmail /home/bbbs/elist-upd/<Filename> /F Jeff Smith /T
JS> Echolist /S !*1:1/21 MOD UPD
JS> The problem seems to be the "!*" which is supposed to tell BBBS to send
the
JS> message as Crash/Direct. The "!*" works fine if the netmail is written
JS> manually but not when used in a command line.
It's linux. So a * inside an option is expanded to matching filenames by the
shell. So write it inside single quotes like: '!*1:1/21' and you ar probably
ok...
Bye, Wilfred.
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