Re: Running nnml-generate-nov-databases-1 from batch mode with NT

[Rene Matteau <matteau@ca.ibm.com>]

Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Rene Matteau <matteau@ca.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> > C:\>C:\emacs.20.5\bin\emacs.bat -batch -l ~/.emacs -eval
> > '\(nnml-generate-nov-databases-1
> > C:/matteau/news/agent/nntp/msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft/public/moneycentral\)'
> 
> I think you want quotes around the directory name.  The Lisp code to
> eval looks like this:
> 
> (nnml-generate-nov-databases-1 "..dir.name.goes.here..")
> 
> I don't know how you get the spaces and double quotes in there with
> the NT shell.  But surely you know...
> 
> If all else fails, write the above into a file and do "emacs -l file.el".
> 

Thanks Kai. Unfortunately, with this particular directory, I always
get the message:

Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

I have issued the command from the scratch buffer with eval-last-sexp
and with putting the command in the file.el and using the syntax that
you suggested. The command I used is:

(nnml-generate-nov-databases-1 "C:/matteau/news/agent/nntp/msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft/public/moneycentral")

On the other hand, I wrote a Perl program that generates the .overview
file and the .agentview so I am OK for now. Thanks again...

-- 
Rene