close, Error in the docs?
[1/5] from: yogi::helimail::de at: 7-Nov-2001 22:51
Hello,
I am right new to REBOL. And there, I have an
understanding-problem:
In the docs (REBOL/Core) the examples shows:
mailbox: pop://user:[pass--domain--tld]
close mailbox
But I get an error-message.
If I type in the REBOL-shell: "? close", it says, that
close
wants a port as value.
Where's the error?
To the docs, I need this to delete the mails in the pop-account.
cu, yogi
[2/5] from: ryanc:iesco-dms at: 7-Nov-2001 14:07
here is your prob...
>> mailbox: pop://user:[pass--domain--tld]
== pop://user:[pass--domain--tld]
>> type? mailbox
== url!
'close will only work on an open port. Something like this should
work fine:
mailbox: open pop://user:[pass--domain--tld]
close mailbox
--Ryan
Marc Michael wrote:
[3/5] from: tim:johnsons-web at: 7-Nov-2001 13:16
On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 10:51:08PM +0100, Marc Michael wrote:
> Hello,
> I am right new to REBOL. And there, I have an
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> "close" wants a port as value.
> Where's the error?
Hiya Yogi:
It looks like you just assigned 'mailbox the "path" to your
POP serve, which is a URL.
Try it again. This time - at the rebol-shell command prompt:
>> mailbox: pop://user:[pass--domain--tld]
>>type? mailbox
>>url!
; you will see something like the above
; now try:
>>mymail: open mailbox
; you should now get a connection to the POP server.
; once you do, do this
>>type? mymail
; and you should get
>>port!
; now you can 'close it
>>close mymail
HTH
> To the docs, I need this to delete the mails in the pop-account.
> cu, yogi
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[4/5] from: ammonjohnson::yahoo at: 7-Nov-2001 18:15
Hi,
Hmm... I get:
>> ? close
USAGE:
CLOSE port
DESCRIPTION:
Closes an open port connection.
CLOSE is a native value.
ARGUMENTS:
port -- (Type: port)
from the console, some other neat functions are ??, Source. For example:
>> ?? close
close: native
>> source close
close: native [
"Closes an open port connection."
port [port!]
]
Source will return the source of a function!
HTH
Ammon
[5/5] from: yogi:helimail at: 8-Nov-2001 23:08
Ryan Cole wrote:
> here is your prob...
>>>mailbox: pop://user:[pass--domain--tld]
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> mailbox: open pop://user:[pass--domain--tld]
> close mailbox
Ok, thanks. Now it works.
cu, yogi
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