mailwatch script wanted

[Larry Lippman]

> In article <411 at sdcc12.UUCP> wa371 at sdcc12.UUCP (Bernd) writes:
> > Does anyone have a suggestion for a shell script for my .login
> > file, which will announce immediately upon login whether I have mail
> > or not, without putting me into the mail program if I don't want 
> > to be.
> > It should run under the 4.2 c-shell.
> 
> Try this single line:
> 
> 	if (! -z /usr/spool/mail/wa371) echo You have mail.
> 
> Instead of hardcoding your login name (wa371), you could use $user instead.

Here is an alternative to the above which does not require knowing the mail
spool path and file names:

	if (mail -e) echo 'You have mail.'

The -e option should also be good for 'mailx' if that is what is on your
machine.

	Larry Lippman
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