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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to find whether there is new email or not Post 302573974 by m.d.ludwig on Wednesday 16th of November 2011 07:55:59 AM
Old 11-16-2011
I am curious why you would feel the need to write such a script, doesn't most shells do that automagically if the MAIL environmental variable is set - see the bash and ksh manual pages. But should you feel the need:
Code:
#! /bin/bash

NAME=$(basename ${0})

if [[ -z "${MAIL:=1}" ]]; then
    echo ${NAME}: missing mailfile 1>&2
    exit 1
fi

FILE=$(mktemp -p ${TMPDIR:-/tmp} ${NAME}.XXXXXXXX)

if [[ ! -f "${FILE}" ]]; then
    echo ${NAME}: unable to create checkfile 1>&2
    exit 1
fi

trap "rm -f ${FILE}" EXIT

while sleep 30; do
    if [[ ! -f "${MAIL}" ]]; then
        continue
    fi

    if [[ ${MAIL} -nt ${FILE} ]]; then
        echo You have mail
        touch -r ${MAIL} ${FILE}
    fi
done

 

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script-email

SCRIPT-EMAIL(8) 					  System Administration Commands					   SCRIPT-EMAIL(8)

NAME

       script-email - Amanda script to send email notifications

DESCRIPTION

       script-email is an Amanda script implementing the Script API. It should not be run by users directly. It sends a notification email to the
       addresses specified in the MAILTO property.

PROPERTIES

       This section lists the properties that control script-email's functionality. See amanda-scripts(7) for information on the Script API,
       script configuration.

       MAILTO

	   List of email addresses that will receive an email on command execution. It is a multi-valued property:
	     property "MAILTO" "amanda@domain.com" "sysadmin@domain.com" "amandauser@domain.com"

EXAMPLE

       In this example, script-email is scheduled to be run before the DLE, on the server.  The unqualified email address amanda will be passed to
       the email system unchanged.  The script is then attached to a dumptype, which can then be specified for any DLEs which require
       notification.
	define script-tool pre-email {
	  comment "email me before this DLE is backed up"
	  plugin  "script-email"
	  execute-on pre-dle-backup
	  execute-where server
	  property "mailto" "amanda"
	}

	define dumptype user-tar-email {
	  user-tar
	  script "pre-email"
	}

SEE ALSO

       amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amanda-client.conf(5), amanda-scripts(7)

       The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/

AUTHORS

       Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau@zmanda.com>
	   Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)

       Dustin J. Mitchell <dustin@zmanda.com>
	   Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)

Amanda 3.3.3							    01/10/2013							   SCRIPT-EMAIL(8)
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