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NAME

6       checkmail - plays a sound file when the user receives mail
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SYNOPSIS

9       checkmail
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  checkmail  program  checks the status of the user's mail drop.  If
13       new mail is waiting, checkmail runs playbucket to play a sound and  re‐
14       turns an exit status of 0.  If mail has been cleared, an exit status of
15       2 is returned.  If there has been no change, an exit status of 1 is re‐
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18       The  checkmail program is intended to be used with the checkCommand re‐
19       source of xbiff.  To set this resource, add the following line to  your
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FILES

25       /usr/spool/mail/$USER         the user's mail drop
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27       $HOME/.mailstat               holds the previous mail drop size
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29       $HOME/.mailsound              audio file to play when there's new mail
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SEE ALSO

32       playbucket(1), xbiff(1), nas(1)
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35       Copyright 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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AUTHOR

38       Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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