Re: Where is PLbash ??

Steve Howe wrote:
> 
> Hello Bruce,
> 
> Tuesday, June 25, 2002, 2:54:06 PM, you wrote:
> 
> BM> Well, sending an email is something only PL/sh can do.  I don't see the
> Pl/Python, or PL/Perl can do it easily too (even without opening
> external processes I mean). PL/TCL certainly should do it too.
> 

Well, PL/TclU can do
   set sm [socket localhost smtp]   puts $sm "HELO PostgreSQL"   ...   close $sm

Underneath eMail is still a telnet style protocol and well documented
too. Noone needs a damned shell with all it's portability and security
problems to generate a simple eMail notification.


Jan

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