* Problem with SOUP packing files
@ 1997-02-12 23:53 Eze Ogwuma
1997-02-14 9:28 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-02-19 2:17 ` Eze Ogwuma
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From: Eze Ogwuma @ 1997-02-12 23:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: Eze Ogwuma
Hi,
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.
The server uses Gnus v5.3
The tgz file is correctly incorporated by Gnus on my home system.
Can someone please tell me what's going?
Thanks.
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* Re: Problem with SOUP packing files
1997-02-12 23:53 Problem with SOUP packing files Eze Ogwuma
@ 1997-02-14 9:28 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-02-14 15:21 ` Eze Ogwuma
1997-02-14 19:53 ` Eze Ogwuma
1997-02-19 2:17 ` Eze Ogwuma
1 sibling, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1997-02-14 9:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
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?
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen
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* Re: Problem with SOUP packing files
1997-02-14 9:28 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@ 1997-02-14 15:21 ` Eze Ogwuma
1997-02-14 19:53 ` Eze Ogwuma
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Eze Ogwuma @ 1997-02-14 15:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding, Eze Ogwuma
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.
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* Re: Problem with SOUP packing files
1997-02-14 9:28 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-02-14 15:21 ` Eze Ogwuma
@ 1997-02-14 19:53 ` Eze Ogwuma
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Eze Ogwuma @ 1997-02-14 19:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:
>
> 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?
>
What is the default Gnus 5.3 shell packing command?
Eze.
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* Re: Problem with SOUP packing files
1997-02-12 23:53 Problem with SOUP packing files Eze Ogwuma
1997-02-14 9:28 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@ 1997-02-19 2:17 ` Eze Ogwuma
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Eze Ogwuma @ 1997-02-19 2:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
Some of the discussion on this occurred off the list; so if anyone is
interested, I found that setting the "shell-file-name" variable for
emacs on the server to "/bin/sh" solved the problem. Csh, Ksh and Tcsh
didn't work.
Eze Ogwuma <zcaceog@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
> Hi,
>
> 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.
>
> The server uses Gnus v5.3
>
> The tgz file is correctly incorporated by Gnus on my home system.
>
> Can someone please tell me what's going?
>
> Thanks.
>
--
Eze Ogwuma
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