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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