Fix script for adding attachments from command line

It is better to specify the attachment via its full path, because if
the attachment markup is copied to another buffer, the relative path
may not be valid there.

diff --git a/emacstips.mdwn b/emacstips.mdwn
index fb9742a0c96f1c561b9b761aa65a866c1af7efd5..7a23293783bd467d99b8128b917b3d9c63bd4d8a 100644 (file)
--- a/emacstips.mdwn
+++ b/emacstips.mdwn
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ mentioned as script arguments. (Note: The script expects that you have
     #!/bin/sh
     attach_cmds=""
     while [ "$1" ]; do
-        attach_cmds="$attach_cmds (mml-attach-file \"$1\")"
+        fullpath=$(readlink --canonicalize $1)
+        attach_cmds="$attach_cmds (mml-attach-file \"$fullpath\")"
         shift
     done
     emacsclient -a '' -c -e "(progn (compose-mail) $attach_cmds)"