Re: delete folder before writing to it

Robert Bonomi <[email protected]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:32:09 -0600 (CST)

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> From [email protected]  Thu Nov  8 21:38:32 2012
> Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:37:49 +0100
> From: Eric Smith <[email protected]>
> To: Procmail List <[email protected]>
> Subject: delete folder before writing to it
>
> How do I delete a folder before writing to it. Trying this but
> the folder `last' is not (apparently) written to
>
>
> :0c:
> {
> :0c:
> backup
> :0f
> | rm $MAILDIR/last
> :0:
> last
> }
>

try ':0fw' instead of ':0f'.  Must 'wait' for the pipe to complete, before
starting the next recipe.