[Cvsnt] Loginfo email using DOS batch files & utilities

[Eric Weidl]

Hi,

I'm fairly new to CVSNT. Installation went relatively smoothly and most
everyone is happy.

Now, people are asking if they can get email notification when a file is
committed. I know I have to edit the /CVSROOT/loginfo file; no problem.

I know there are several perl scripts out there to do just this job, but, I
need to make it work using only DOS batch files and command line utilities.

I've downloaded and installed BLAT
<http://gepasi.dbs.aber.ac.uk/softw/Blat.html> to handle sending the email
itself. Blat can take standard input by specifying the "-" parameter
immediately after the command name.

I've downloaded and installed David Tribble's cat for DOS
<http://david.tribble.com/programs.htm>

I created the following "notify_users.bat" file:

blat - -to weidl at intersites.com -f cvs at intersites.com -s "CVS Test"

for testing.

My loginfo has the following entry:

DEFAULT cat | notify_users.bat


Whenever I commit a file, I receive an email, but the body is always blank.
It would seem to me that the standard input isn't directed to Blat (or my
batch file) properly.

If I run the batch file from a command line (c:>cat sometempfile.txt |
notify_users), it works correctly, that is, I receive the contents of
sometempfile.txt in an email.

I feel like I must be missing something simple, but I've been trying all
kinds of alterations with no real difference in the results.

Any help appreciated.

Eric


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