root@candle.uucp (Bruce Momjian) (06/02/91)
The Bourne shell has a MAILCHECK variable which checks every so often (10 minutes) for mail and notifies the user if mail has arrived since it last checked. I now run a PD korn shell which does not have this capability, and I would like to add it. I understand it checks the modification time, but that would change when mail was deleted too. Does anyone know how it checks? If not, can I put something in my crontab or start a background job at login to do this? -- Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue | home: (215)853-3000 root@candle | Drexel Hill, PA 19026 | work: (215)353-9879