On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 06:51:34 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Nope, sorry. That's beyond me, and no one on c.m.p suggested
it. I suspect
> you're overestimating me vastly.
Sorry... Generally people get very upset when you underestimate them.
Yes, I know; so I try to be up front about my ignorance.
>> If you did, and there is a passfile argument, then at least
you know
>> that passfile support was compiled in.
>
> I just did it and got :
>
> [btth@localhost ~]$ pine -h | grep -i passfile
> -passfile <fully_qualified_filename> Set the password file to something
other
> -nowrite_passfile Read from a passfile if there is one, but never offer to
write a password to the passfile
> [btth@localhost ~]$
>
> That's also beyond me -- especially inasmuch as there is no "than"
> correlated with the "other" -- nor do I get the point of the
"never"
FWIW, the "-h" parameter generally means "help". Should you want to
read the entire help just type "pine -h".
Hmmm ... The "than" that I missed shows now. Fwiw, there's quite a bit in
there that I don't get, but more that I know, and a few things that may be
ones I've been looking for; very interesting, thanks -- I didn't realize
the -h worked for pine. (I had tried man pine and info pine.)
>> Next, if the maintainer was nice, you should try going into
pine's
>> help section and seeing if the default passfile is documented.
The maintainer of livna was even nicer and has already replied to you.
Yes, that began as a reply direct to me, which he then apparently decided
also to post here -- and I'm glad, because I wasn't sure if it were OT.
> The only helps I know for pine are either vast beyond imagining,
or
> else tied to specific items in M > S > C ; so I don't know where nor
> how you mean me to look.
>
>> If not, then you should find the pine src file in the given repository
>> and look in the spec file. It is probably listed there.
>
> What's an src file? I don't hope ever to be competent with source code,
> if it has something to do with that -- nor does pine, afaik, require me
> to be.
To use pine, no. To learn its hidden secrets, maybe yes.
All right, where do I find an explanation of an src file? I tried
[btth@localhost ~]$ whereis pine.spec
pine: /usr/bin/pine /etc/pine.conf /usr/share/man/man1/pine.1.gz
[btth@localhost ~]$
and then looked through those with various commands. Watched for src, too,
and didn't see it, either.
FWIW, when you ask questions for which there is no ready answer it
may
require one of two things. Either someone would have to know the answer
and tell you...or someone would have to dig for the answer. That
"someone" could be you....or it could be someone kind person willing to
do the digging for you.
Well, I suppose I should have detailed my flounderings, looking in man
pine, .pinerc, pine.conf, google, etc.; I would have on a pine list, but
didn't expect anyone here to be interested. (Is there an acronym for *on*
topic?)
FYI, the answer was in the pine.spec file. While you are probably
not
interested in learning the gory details...never mind.
I can't seem to find any pine.spec -- not with whereis, not in man pine,
and not with the GUI searcher in FC5.
--
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Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.