External & Filter Keywords, Whats the difference ??
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External & Filter Keywords, Whats the difference ??| akbsol |
Posted: Feb 7 2008, 04:55 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 23 Member No.: 2703 Joined: 10-November 07  |
I might be an I.D.I.O.T. but I am unable to understand the difference between the use of these two keywords as far as mailproc.tab file is concerned. Please anyone explain to me.
Regards, Akash |
 
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| hschneider |
Posted: Feb 8 2008, 09:02 AM
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 No - I'm not an answering script ...  Group: Admin Posts: 6631 Member No.: 195 Joined: 19-June 02 |
External:
- has to read $(FILE), only. - Can use $(TMPFILE), but has to delete it after processing - Only knows return code 16 Filter: - Should not use $(TMPFILE), because it cannot change its content - Knows many return codes Look at External as the precessor of Filters. In most cases, things can be solved with filters, so External is rather outdated. -------------------- Bye,
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| akbsol |
Posted: Feb 8 2008, 10:06 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Member No.: 2703 Joined: 10-November 07 |
"In most cases, things can be solved with filters, so External is rather outdated."
Going by your explanation and manual I think in ALL (not most) cases a filter command will do the work. There is absolutely no need of "external" verb and author should think to removing it in future versions to clear this confusion. At least I cannot think of anything which external can do but filter can't. Regards, Akash |
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| hschneider |
Posted: Feb 8 2008, 10:55 AM
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No - I'm not an answering script ... Group: Admin Posts: 6631 Member No.: 195 Joined: 19-June 02 |
>In most cases ...
Yes, this means I currently cannot think of any situation which needs externals, too  Think this was kept for compatibility purposes, only. -------------------- Bye,
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