badri@ur-valhalla.UUCP (Badri Lokanathan) (08/15/86)
There have been several postings to net.sources about utilities to check one's /usr/spool/mail/* file for current mail without having to get into mail. What I dont understand is why not simply use egrep or sed to examine the file? They are fast enough .. e.g. egrep '^From:|^Subject:' /usr/spool/mail/user seems to work fine. tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) suggests storing a file which would be used as a timestamp to check for an update on the spool file. A sed or egrep line could be tacked on. -- "It's better to burn out ^ ^ ARPA: ur-valhalla!badri@rochester.arpa Than it is to rust; . . UUCP: {bullwinkle,cmcl2,columbia,cornell, But I'll corrode ( ==@== ) harvard,ll-xn,nike,seismo,topaz} Till I turn to dust." ^^^ !rochester!ur-valhalla!badri