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From: sweh@tharr.UUCP (Stephen Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Return status of 'rsh'
Message-ID: <2025@tharr.UUCP>
Date: 10 Apr 91 17:45:42 GMT
References: <PBROWN.91Apr9194949@vtopus.cs.vt.edu}
Reply-To: sweh@tharr.UUCP (Stephen Harris)
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In article <PBROWN.91Apr9194949@vtopus.cs.vt.edu} pbrown@vtopus.cs.vt.edu (Patrick R. Brown) writes:
}I am trying to set up a shell script to check for mail on a remote
}machine.  The script is the following:
}
}	#! /bin/sh
}	#
}	#	Check mail on CSGrad since I can't get mail here!!!!
}	#
}	if [ `rsh csgrad mail -e` ]
}	then
}		echo You have mail on CSGrad.
}	else
}		echo You do not have mail on CSGrad.
}	fi
}
}This looks nice, but it doesn't work.  (I never "have" mail, even when

I 'spose you could try something line
	#!/bin/sh
	#
	rsh csgrad "mail -e && echo You have mail on CSGrad || echo You do not have mail on CSGrad"

NOTE: this hasn't been tried by me (inappropriate machine setup :-) ) but
it should work - just get all the processing and output done on CSGrad.

Hope this helps



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