man checkmail () - plays a sound file when the user receives mail
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
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc.
AUTHOR
Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.