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From: bet@ORION.MC.DUKE.EDU (Bennett Todd)
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Subject: Re: rcp and non-interctive shell checking for mail...
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Date: 4 Aug 89 13:21:56 GMT
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   I send myself mail, and then (when I know it is in the mailbox) I type

	   bash -c "echo foo"

   The only thing that I get is "foo".  If you get a message about mail,
   then that would explain the problem.

I get the message about mail unless I have that incantation
	if test "$PS1" = "";then
		unset MAILCHECK
	fi
in my .bashrc.

-Bennett
bet@orion.mc.duke.edu