> I can't get to disable email notification with bash. > You know the message that says "You have new mail in /var/mail/user". > I tried, as bash manual says, to add variable MAILPATH to profile but > doesn't > do the job. There's no biff in ps command output, anyway i tried also with > "biff n"..... no way. > Can anybody help me? > Thanks a lot > Hect >
Are you sure the shell you're using is BASH and not KSH? echo $SHELL If it is BASH then are you exporting the variable such as... export MAILPATH='/var/mail/bfox?"You have mail":~/shell-mail?"$_ has mail!"' Also, be aware that you need a ? separating the files to search and the message. HTH
