Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:01:49 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: Bernd Haug <mailinglisten@berndhaug.net> Cc: Bryan Cassidy <bryanc2000@insightbb.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fetchmail and Mutt Message-ID: <20020926100149.GZ30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <3D92B33B.7000306@berndhaug.net> References: <20020925184817.A33990@insightbb.com> <3D92B33B.7000306@berndhaug.net>
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# mailinglisten@berndhaug.net / 2002-09-26 09:11:55 +0200:
> Bryan Cassidy wrote:
> >I am using FreeBSD 4.6.2 on my system now. I am new to Unix/Linux
> >but liking bsd alot. Anyways. I use fetchmail 5.9.13 and mutt
> >1.2.5.1i and I am using Fluxbox as my window manager. I want to
> >know what can I add to my .fluxbox/menu config file to launch
> >fetchmail right before it launches mutt or vice versa so I don't
> >have to run fetchmail by hand each and everytime viewing my e-mails.
> >This is what I have in my .fluxbox/menu configuration file now to
> >launch mutt [exec] (Mutt) {Eterm -e mutt} Hope I gave enough
> >information.
>
> Would it be possible to write a one-code-liner akin to:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> fetchmail && "eterm -e mutt" || "eterm -e mutt"
>
> so that first fetchmail is called, and then, no matter how it dies,
> mutt is called?
just replace the logical and (&&) with a semicolon.
#!/bin/sh
fetchmail ; Eterm -e mutt
> The most elegant solution would probably be fetchmail daemon mode, but
> if you're on a non-flatrate dial-up, you might not want regular polling.
start fetchmail in the link-up script, kill it in the link-down
script.
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