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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Better to Delete or Overwrite Post 302774283 by mrm5102 on Friday 1st of March 2013 01:49:31 PM
Old 03-01-2013
Hey Don, thanks for the reply!

Cool, that's kinda what I was thinking, but i wasn't sure if removing the file a few times an hour would be better or worse
then to just overwrite it each time...

But, that should be fine. I'll set something up at the very end of my script to remove the file after I confirm it was sent.

Thanks Again Don for the reply!


Thanks,
Matt
 

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GUILT-PATCHBOMB(1)						   Guilt Manual 						GUILT-PATCHBOMB(1)

NAME

       guilt-patchbomb - Email a series of commits interactively

SYNOPSIS

       guilt-patchbomb [-n] [-s] [--in-reply-to <msgid>] [--git] [--subject-prefix <prefix>] [<hash> | <since>..[<until>] | ..<until>]

DESCRIPTION

       Send a series of commits via email asking for To, CC and other information interactively.

OPTIONS

       -n
	   Don't send

       -s
	   Don't add additional repository committer sign-offs to the patch. This allows the sign-off chain to be fully expressed in the commit
	   messages and not changed by the act of sending a patchbomb.

       --in-reply-to <msgid>
	   Set the In-reply-to header to the specified message id. This allows the patches to be sent as replies to an arbitrary message.

       --git
	   Generate a patch which uses all the features offered by the git diff format (e.g., rename and copy detection).

       --subject-prefix <prefix>
	   Rather than using the standard [PATCH] prefix in the subject line, use [<prefix>] instead.

       <hash>
	   Only the specified revision.

       <since>..[<until>]
	   Revisions starting from <since> until <until>. The <since> revision it self is NOT included, while <until> is. If <until> is not
	   specified, it is assumed to be HEAD.

       ..<until>
	   All revisions until the <until> revision (inclusive).

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GUILT

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	1. jeffpc@josefsipek.net
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