Gene Heskett wrote:
>>Got a specific problem you're trying to solve?
>
> Yes, the syntax of ~/.procmailrc
>
> I see all the examples, but there is not a real tut as to what a :
> character does when it is not the leading char on the line. Many
> other such questions are similarly unanswered in the available man
> pages.
>
> To use the above char as an example, what is the diff between
> :0
> and
> :0:
>
> as the indicator for a new recipe?
The latter uses a lockfile, which ensures that the mailbox won't be
written while the recipe is executing (at least not by procmail).
For mboxes, you want to use a lockfile, for maildirs you don't (well,
you could use them on maildirs, but they'll just slow things down a
bit).
These sections from procmailrc(1) may now be clearer:
Recipes
A line starting with ’:’ marks the beginning of a recipe. It
has the following format:
:0 [flags] [ : [locallockfile] ]
<zero or more conditions (one per line)>
<exactly one action line>
[...]
Local lockfile
If you put a second (trailing) ’:’ on the first recipe line,
then procmail will use a locallockfile (for this recipe only).
You can optionally specify the locallockfile to use; if you
don’t however, procmail will use the destination filename (or
the filename following the first ’>>’) and will append
$LOCKEXT to it.
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