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Re: using xbiff on remote mail


On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Lester Ingber wrote:

> I've been trying to use xbiff to monitor a remote mailbox as in `man xbiff`:
>       checkCommand (class CheckCommand)
[snip]
>                therefore contain i/o redirection.  An exit status of  0  indi-
>                cates that new mail is waiting, 1 indicates that there has been
>                no change in size, and 2  indicates  that  the  mail  has  been
>                cleared.  By default, no shell command is provided.
>
Notice it says exit status.
[snip]
>     ----------8<---------- top cut 2/2 -> bottom 2/2 ----------->8----------
> #!/bin/tcsh -f
> set HEADER = 13
> set MB = `ssh -q -x XXX.com -n /home/ingber/local/bin//mbsize`
> if ( $MB <= $HEADER) then
>   /bin/rm -f /home/ingber/.Lester_mailbox
>   echo 2
exit 2?

> else
> if (-e /home/ingber/.Lester_mailbox) then
>   set MBHOME = `cat /home/ingber/.Lester_mailbox`
>   if ($MB > $MBHOME) then
>     /bin/rm -f /home/ingber/.Lester_mailbox
>     echo $MB > /home/ingber/.Lester_mailbox
>     echo 0
exit 0?

>   else
>     echo 1
exit 1?

>   endif
> else
>   echo $MB > /home/ingber/.Lester_mailbox
>   echo 0
exit 0?

> endif
> endif
>     ----------8<---------- bottom cut 2/2 <- top 2/2 ----------->8----------
>

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Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
Phone: 314-551-8460
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