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Old 07-08-2009
"biff n" usage on shell script

my script has a line of code for "biff n" that is to suppress the mail notification or disable them. i observed that when we run the script from a scheduler (TIDAL Enterprise Scheduler) it gives us an output "Where are you?" message. if i removed that piece of code it is no longer giving us that message. i am thinking that on the succession run of the same script that is the time that it gives the message. i want to put a conditional if-then statement to check if the "biff" is currently set to "n". how do i put that into my script.

i tried this code but it never got it work.
Code:
if [biff n eq 0]; then
 echo yes
fi

thanks,
warren
 

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BIFF(1) 						    BSD General Commands Manual 						   BIFF(1)

NAME
biff -- be notified if mail arrives and who it is from SYNOPSIS
biff [ny] DESCRIPTION
Biff informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives during the current terminal session. Options supported by biff: n Disables notification. y Enables notification. When mail notification is enabled, the header and first few lines of the message will be printed on your screen whenever mail arrives. A ``biff y'' command is often included in the file .login or .profile to be executed at each login. Biff operates asynchronously via the comsat(8) service. If that service is not enabled, biff will not do anything. In that case, or for syn- chronous notification, use the MAIL variable of sh(1) or the mail variable of csh(1). SEE ALSO
csh(1), mail(1), sh(1), comsat(8) HISTORY
The biff command appeared in 4.0BSD. BUGS
su(1), and biff don't seem to get on too well. This is probably due to the tty still being owned by the person using su. This can result in ``Permission denied'' messages when attempting to change the biff status of your session. Please report bugs to netbug@ftp.uk.linux.org including diffs/patches, compiler error logs or as complete a bug report as is possible. Linux NetKit (0.17-pre-20000412) July 31, 1999 Linux NetKit (0.17-pre-20000412)
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