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From: Tim Haynes <usenet@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Setting Group Ownership
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:45:11 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86vg22ue4o.fsf@potato.vegetable.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: AFmJ9.126378$Gc.4288682@twister.austin.rr.com

"CarlC" <carlc@snowbd.com> writes:

> When a file is saved I would like to set the file's group owner to an
> environment variable. This is on a Linux box. I know that I can use
> after-save-hook. I assume that I would have to call a shell command to do
> this. I don't know how access an environment variable and call the chgrp
> command from emacs. Any help would be appreciated.

Consider:

M-: (shell-command (concat "echo " (getenv "HOME")))

change a couple of things, you might have got what you want? :8)

~Tim
-- 
A spark of life                             |piglet@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk
On a wire from heaven                       |http://spodzone.org.uk/

  reply	other threads:[~2002-12-10 14:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-12-10 14:14 Setting Group Ownership CarlC
2002-12-10 14:45 ` Tim Haynes [this message]
2002-12-10 21:13   ` CarlC
2002-12-10 23:40     ` Kevin Rodgers
2002-12-11 10:55       ` Tim Haynes
2002-12-11 14:27         ` CarlC
2002-12-12 14:15           ` Tim Haynes
2002-12-10 14:56 ` Stein A. Stromme

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