Checking for Mail Waiting: msgchk
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The msgchk command will tell you whether there's mail waiting for you.
Here's an example:
% msgchk
You have new mail waiting; last read on Mon, 09 Jan 1995 14:37:09
Many UNIX hosts with local mailboxes output a message, like
You have mail, if messages are waiting as you log in.
If your host doesn't, you can do it by adding a call to msgchk in your
shell setup file (.login, .profile).
To suppress the message when there's no mail, save the msgchk
output in a shell variable and test the
exit status.
A non-zero status means that there were no messages -- or some other problem.
The next Example shows how:
Example: Automatic mail check in shell setup file
Bourne and Korn shells:
if msgs=`msgchk`
then echo "$msgs"
fi
C shell:
set msgs=(`msgchk`)
if ($status == 0) echo "$msgs"
mgschk also works across a network with POP; the
Section Using MH with POP
has basic information.
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