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authorbrian <brian@FreeBSD.org>2000-09-19 22:15:00 +0000
committerbrian <brian@FreeBSD.org>2000-09-19 22:15:00 +0000
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parent849996ccf50805f3e79c6e80d967540b5db018f3 (diff)
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Put temporary output in ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}
If $<basedir>_output is not set, don't redirect output PR: 21395
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@@ -127,14 +127,13 @@ output.
If the
.Va <basedir>_output
value does not begin with a
-.Dq / ,
-it is assumed to contain a list of email addresses, and the output is
-mailed to them.
+.Dq /
+and is not empty, it is assumed to contain a list of email addresses, and
+the output is mailed to them.
.Pp
If
.Va <basedir>_output
-is not set, it defaults to
-.Dq root .
+is not set or is empty, output is sent to standard output.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
The
.Nm
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