On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 09:53:54PM -0800, Henry House wrote:
> There are a bunch of good shell scripting techniques that may yield some
> purchase on your problem in O'Reilly's "Unix Power Tools". (There is a copy
> in the LUGOD library.)
*Ashamed*
I have that book. I highly recommend it to peo
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 04:09:53AM -0500, Mike Simons wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 12:58:01AM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> > i want to replace 'tin' with a shell script or alias that will
> > test for a lock file (and call me a moron if it exists), make a lock file,
> > run tin, and then delet
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 07:45:23PM -0800, Matt Roper wrote:
> alias tin="screen -D -R -S tinsess tin"
That is an excellent suggestion!
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On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 12:58:01AM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
>
> ok, i hate it when i run tin, and then forget i have it in the background
> somewhere and run it again.
>
> i want to replace 'tin' with a shell script or alias that will
> test for a lock file (and call me a moron if it exists),
begin Mike Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 12:58:01AM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> > i want to replace 'tin' with a shell script or alias that will
> > test for a lock file (and call me a moron if it exists), make a lock file,
> > run tin, and then delete the lock file...
>
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 04:09:53AM -0500, Mike Simons wrote:
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> "lockfile" is part of the procmail package.
Cool, thanks! :^)
-bill!
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On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 12:58:01AM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> i want to replace 'tin' with a shell script or alias that will
> test for a lock file (and call me a moron if it exists), make a lock file,
> run tin, and then delete the lock file...
=
#! /bin/bash
LOCK=$HOME/.tin.lock
lockfil
ok, i hate it when i run tin, and then forget i have it in the background
somewhere and run it again.
i want to replace 'tin' with a shell script or alias that will
test for a lock file (and call me a moron if it exists), make a lock file,
run tin, and then delete the lock file...
anyone got a g