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Re: [monitoring-like] would like to be warned when I have mail (fetchmai


From: Michael Schroeder
Subject: Re: [monitoring-like] would like to be warned when I have mail (fetchmail -c)
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:51:31 +0200
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On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 11:26:33PM +0200, Gerhard Siegesmund wrote:
> Mhm. There is not much to check. The script basically looks like this:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> while true; do
>   call_command_to_get something (e.g. fetchmail -c)
>   echo something
>   sleep some time
> done

It should work if you use just echo, as this is a shell builtin.
If that 'echo something' is an external command or a pipe you have
to use 'echo something || exit 1'.

How exactly does the script look like?

Cheers,
  Michael.

-- 
Michael Schroeder           address@hidden
main(_){while(_=~getchar())putchar(~_-1/(~(_|32)/13*2-11)*13);}




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