Mike A. Oligny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said something to this effect on 11/26/2001:
> Is there any way to have Mutt warn me if I am opening a second
> session? I find sometimes flags don't get updated because I've
> had two or three copies of the client running unintentionally...
> (I know--don't do it then, stupid!)
Write a shell function wrapper around mutt. In your (e.g.) .bashrc:
mutt() {
if test -e $HOME/.mutt-`hostname`; then
echo "mutt already running!"
else
touch $HOME/.mutt-`hostname`
mutt $*
rm $HOME/.mutt-`hostname`
fi
}
Invoke as normal:
bash$ mutt -f =listname
bash$ mutt -y
etc.
That will do it. You can add signal trapping in there to clean
up /tmp/mutt-$USER in the case of an abnormal end to the shell
script.
(darren)
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