Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!ttrdc!levy From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: q: being notified of new mail Message-ID: <2021@ttrdc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 22:10:51 EST Article-I.D.: ttrdc.2021 Posted: Mon Dec 7 22:10:51 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Dec-87 08:47:26 EST References: <4350001@wdl1.UUCP> <3600001@hpiacla.HP.COM> <4516@pyr.gatech.EDU> <1308@bucsb.UUCP> Sender: netnews@ttrdc.UUCP Organization: AT&T, Skokie, IL Lines: 17 In article <1308@bucsb.UUCP>, eap@bucsb.UUCP (Eric Pearce) writes: #> >If you don't have tra(1) but have good C programming skills, #> >you can probably write it in 10 minutes. It just sits and #> >watches a file's size, displaying anything that's been added #> >to the file's tail every time it grows. Or, "tail -f /usr/mail/mylogin &" [ /usr/spool/mail/mylogin for Bezerkeloids ] One problem with this might be if you are showing someone else something on your terminal and a highly personal piece of mail arrives, that might not be too cool. Also, it would mess up graphics in graphics-oriented programs and might even hang the terminal (I'm talking about like TEK tube graphics). -- |------------Dan Levy------------| Path: ..!{akgua,homxb,ihnp4,ltuxa,mvuxa, | an Engihacker @ |}!ttrdc!ttrda!levy | AT&T Computer Systems Division | Disclaimer? Huh? What disclaimer??? |--------Skokie, Illinois--------|