Re: [Sheflug] Mail Check Script

[José Luis Gómez Dans <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 11:40:42AM +0000, Richard wrote:
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> #!/bin/hash
> 
> if test -f 'ls /var/spool/mqueue/* | head -n 1'
> then
>     #Send connect to send mail
>     echo "mailcheck: Sending pending mail from mqueue"
>     /usr/sbin/isdnctrl dial ippp0
> fi
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	I'm not too sure why this is wrong, but may I suggest to get rid
of the echo line? I can't quite remember whether cron will send any IO
directly to syslog or not. Try sending that to some file in /tmp.

	Other than that, hash!=bash :-)

> */15 * * * root /usr/local/sbin/mailcheck
> 
> as I say it looks as though this line isn't doing anything.  Should I
> change the bit at the front which is "*/15" ?  The rest of the line is

	That is correct, check every 15'
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