NAME
checkmail - plays a sound file when the user receives
mail
SYNOPSIS
checkmail
DESCRIPTION
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
FILES
- /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
SEE ALSO
playbucket(1),
xbiff(1),
nas(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc.
AUTHOR
Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.