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Subject: Re: Problem with SOUP packing files
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 15:21:31 +0000 (GMT)
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On 14 Feb 1997, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Eze Ogwuma <zcaceog@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> > I'm using SOUP to transfer stuff between machines. Each time I've used 
> > G-s-p to pack the SOUP files on the server, Gnus has exited with the 
> > message "Couldn't pack packet". A tgz file has been left in my home 
> > directory but the files in ~/SoupBrew are not deleted.
> 
> This means that the packing shell command is not returning 0, for some
> reason:
> 
>     (if (zerop (call-process shell-file-name
> 			     nil nil nil shell-command-switch 
> 			     (concat "cd " dir " ; " packer)))
> 	(progn
> 	  (call-process shell-file-name nil nil nil shell-command-switch 
> 			(concat "cd " dir " ; rm " files))
> 	  (gnus-message 4 "Packing...done" packer))
>       (error "Couldn't pack packet."))))
> 
> Perhaps you use a wonky shell?

I am using csh on the server.

Eze.