Subject: ///PINE 3.91/UNIX Shell ??\\\

From: Ken Gross <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 01:17:12 -0700

1. What can I set in Pine to notify my UNIX shell when mail arrives?
2. How can I find out (from my UNIX shell) if the Pine program is 
   up and running correctly on my system without actually invoking it?

I am running:
tcsh 6.04.00 (Cornell) 93/07/03 (bsd386) options 8b,nls,dl,al

Thanx in advance.

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From: [email-masked] (Chris D. Halverson)
Date: 23 Aug 1995 21:13:04 -0500

>>>>> "Ken" == Ken Gross <[email-masked]> writes:
In article <[email-masked]> Ken Gross <[email-masked]> writes:

 Ken> 1. What can I set in Pine to notify my UNIX shell when mail
 Ken> arrives?  2. How can I find out (from my UNIX shell) if the Pine
 Ken> program is up and running correctly on my system without
 Ken> actually invoking it?

1. You can't. But, since you mentioned that you're using tcsh, put the
follwoing in your .tcshrc file:

set    tperiod=3
alias  periodic frm -n

or whatever your prefered "frm" command is. Check out tcsh(1).

2. Use "ps". Try "ps -augx | grep pine" if you're on a BSD'ish
system. Once again, check ps(1).

Chris
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From: [email-masked] (Dee Jay Randall)
Date: 24 Aug 95 22:47:27 GMT

>Thanx in advance.

  This is for SUN, but try putting 'biff y' in your .login file.
Check if 'biff' exists by reading the man page: 'man biff' or by
typing 'which biff' which will tell you where biff is running from.

  To tell if pine is running type: 'ps | grep pine'
'ps' tells you what processes you have running and 'grep pine'
shows only lines that have 'pine' in them.

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From: [email-masked] (Brad Knowles)
Date: 24 Aug 1995 23:08:30 GMT

In comp.mail.sendmail (article
<[email-masked]>), Ken Gross

>    up and running correctly on my system without actually invoking it?

    This is a Mail User Agent issue, and belongs on comp.mail.pine.

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