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| CHECKMAIL(1) | FreeBSD General Commands Manual | CHECKMAIL(1) |
NAME
checkmail - plays a sound file when the user receives mailSYNOPSIS
checkmailDESCRIPTION
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.| 1.9.4 |
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