I've been trying to use xbiff to monitor a remote mailbox as in `man xbiff`: checkCommand (class CheckCommand) Specifies a shell command to be executed to check for new mail rather than examining the size of file. The specified string value is used as the argument to a system(3) call and may therefore contain i/o redirection. An exit status of 0 indi- cates that new mail is waiting, 1 indicates that there has been no change in size, and 2 indicates that the mail has been cleared. By default, no shell command is provided.
I set up a command line for xbiff in a command file: ----------8<---------- top cut 1/2 -> bottom 1/2 ----------->8---------- #!/bin/tcsh run xbiff -xrm 'checkCommand "/home/ingber/local/bin/mbsize"' -update 15 -fg red -geometry 75x75+0+75 ----------8<---------- bottom cut 1/2 <- top 1/2 ----------->8---------- I've tried some different variations of single and double-quotes in this command. I've tested the `mbsize` command file and it does what is expected by checkCommand(). ----------8<---------- top cut 2/2 -> bottom 2/2 ----------->8---------- #!/bin/tcsh -f set HEADER = 13 set MB = `ssh -q -x XXX.com -n /home/ingber/local/bin//mbsize` if ( $MB <= $HEADER) then /bin/rm -f /home/ingber/.Lester_mailbox echo 2 else if (-e /home/ingber/.Lester_mailbox) then set MBHOME = `cat /home/ingber/.Lester_mailbox` if ($MB > $MBHOME) then /bin/rm -f /home/ingber/.Lester_mailbox echo $MB > /home/ingber/.Lester_mailbox echo 0 else echo 1 endif else echo $MB > /home/ingber/.Lester_mailbox echo 0 endif endif ----------8<---------- bottom cut 2/2 <- top 2/2 ----------->8---------- When I run xbiff, the mailbox window pops up OK, but it not running checkCommand() as far as I can tell? Thanks. Lester