Re: question on executing executable in mailcap
Ranjan Maitra via Mutt-users <[email protected]>
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On Sun Aug16'26 07:22:46PM, Michael Kjörling wrote: > From: Michael Kjörling <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 19:22:46 +0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: question on executing executable in mailcap > > On 16 Aug 2026 13:33 -0500, from [email protected] (Ranjan Maitra via Mutt-users): > >>> application/pdf; mutt_bgrun "${PDFVIEWER:-zathura}" %s; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"; nametemplate=%s.pdf; description="PDF Document" > >>> > >>> So this uses mutt_bgrun which is a shell script in my $HOME/bin > >>> > >>> However, when I try to see the attachment I get: > >>> > >>> sh: line 1: mutt_bgrun: command not found > >> > >> Does it work if you give the full path, e.g. /home/username/bin/mutt_bgrun ? > > > > Thanks! Excellent question, and the answer is that it does. > > Then check the environment from within mutt. <shell-escape> something > like `env | less` and look closely at $PATH. Does it include ~/bin? > Michael, Thanks! I am sorry, but what does this mean? I tried hitting ESC but did not get anything that can work. Sorry about that. Btw, I just wanted to add that "running" mutt_bgrun (which is meaningless of course) from within xterm shows that the PATH includes ~/bin so it is loaded. But apparently not on mutt. Best wishes, Ranjan