Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:2298 comp.unix.xenix:7243 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!saturn!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!spcecdt From: spcecdt@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Space Cadet) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Checking for new mail Message-ID: <8801@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: 22 Aug 89 03:55:37 GMT References: <105@csnz.co.nz> <122772@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu Reply-To: spcecdt@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Space Cadet) Organization: FCIPs (Frivolous CPU Intensive Programs) Ltd. Lines: 13 In article <122772@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> argv@sun.UUCP (Dan Heller) writes: >Sysline is probably the nicest utility >for this type of thing because it writes to your status line (most smart >terminals have a status line these days). However, sysline is not port- >able to system V or xenix (since last I checked). A friend of mine hacked sysline to run on his xenix box. Works great. Mail falcon@ucscb.ucsc.edu. John DuBois spcecdt@ucscb.ucsc.edu ...!ucbvax!ucscc!ucscb!spcecdt