10-03-2008
A perplexing mystery
A perplexing mystery...
please note that i am not a lacky, and the error below is misleading
recently something i do all the time broke (a script).
now when i run this script i get this error.
/usr/bin/awk: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long.
note that the (parameter list is NOT too long.) it seems to only get this error when it is executed within the script. if i take this part of the script out and run it on its own it works fine.
furthermore if i (this is the perplexing part)
ssh hostname
and then run the script it works fine!!!! (odd)
if i do (in the terminal that i ssh to that script work worked in)
set > tmp
and then set the tmp ENV vars in the terminal that the script does not work in and try the script, i still get this error.
my qestion, what is the ENV var that controls "parameter list" length? why would the script reset this in one shell and not the other?
Any thoughts?
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sieveshell
SIEVESHELL(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation SIEVESHELL(1)
NAME
sieveshell - remotely manipulate sieve scripts
SYNOPSIS
sieveshell [--user=user] [--authname=authname] [--realm=realm] [--exec=script] server[:port]
sieveshell --help
DESCRIPTION
sieveshell allows users to manipulate their scripts on a remote server. It works via MANAGESIEVE, a work in progress.
The following commands are recognized:
list list scripts on server.
put <filename> upload script to server.
get <name> [<filename>] get script. if no filename display to stdout
delete <name> delete script.
activate <name> activate script.
deactivate deactivate all scripts.
OPTIONS
-u user, --user=user
The authorization name to request; by default, derived from the authentication credentials.
-a authname, --authname=authname
The user to use for authentication (defaults to current user).
-r realm, --realm=realm
The realm to attempt authentication in.
-e script, --exec=script
Instead of working interactively, run commands from script, and exit when done.
REFERENCES
[MANAGESIEVE] Martin, T.; "A Protocol for Remotely Managing Sieve Scripts", draft-ietf-managesieve-03.txt, Mirapoint, Inc.; May 2001, work
in progress.
AUTHOR
Tim Martin <tmartin@mirapoint.com>, and the rest of the Cyrus team <cyrus-bugs@andrew.cmu.edu>.
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