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Old 02-05-2010
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Originally Posted by cmf1985
I'm beginning to get a bit confused about what you want... Do you want to have the same files on the mail server and the backup server (as in, get a list of all the files currently on the mail server and delete from the backup server anything that's not in that list)?
Yes.

for e,g if I have xyz & abc on mailserver and xyzRS , xyzR , xyz , abcRSF , abcR, abc
on the backup server. then
xyzRS , xyzR , abcRSF, abcR must be deleted from the backup server.

Eventually on mailserver : xyz & abc
and on backup server : xyz & abc
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biff(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   biff(1)

NAME
biff - Notifies users when mail arrives SYNOPSIS
biff [y | n] DESCRIPTION
The biff command informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives during the current terminal session. The following command enables notification: biff y The following command disables notification: biff n When mail notification is enabled, the From: and Subject: header lines and up to the first five lines of the message are displayed. The total display is 560 characters, or seven lines terminated by newline characters, whichever occurs first. The biff y command is often included in the $HOME/.login or $HOME/.profile file to be executed each time you log in. The biff command operates asynchronously. For synchronous notification, use the MAIL variable of sh or ksh, or the mail variable of csh. EXAMPLES
To display the current setting, enter: biff To be notified during the current terminal session whenever mail arrives, enter the following in your $HOME/.login or $HOME/.profile file: biff y FILES
Read by login shell (after login. User profile. SEE ALSO
Commands: comsat(8), csh(1), ksh(1), mail(1), mailx(1), Bourne Shell sh(1b), POSIX Shell sh(1p) biff(1)