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checkmail - plays a sound file when the user receives mail
checkmail
The checkmail program checks the status of the user's mail drop.
If new mail is waiting, checkmail runs playbucket to play a sound and returns
an exit status of 0. If mail has been cleared, an exit status of 2 is returned.
If there has been no change, an exit status of 1 is returned.
The checkmail
program is intended to be used with the checkCommand resource of xbiff.
To set this resource, add the following line to your .Xdefaults file:
xbiff*checkCommand: checkmail
- /usr/spool/mail/$USER
- the user's mail
drop
- $HOME/.mailstat
- holds the previous mail drop size
- $HOME/.mailsound
- audio
file to play when there's new mail
playbucket(1)
, xbiff(1)
, nas(1)
Copyright 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc.
Greg Renda,
Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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