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From: shair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Bob Shair)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: 2 probably frequently asked questions
Message-ID: <1991Jun13.175421.11498@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 13 Jun 91 17:54:21 GMT
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stsiegem@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Stephan Siegemund-Broka) writes:

>These are probably faq's but here goes: is there a simple way to 
>have the csh prompt that "You have mail", when you login?

In the user's ".cshrc" file:

    set mail = (/usr/spool/mail/$USER)

In the user's ".login" file:

    if !(-z $mail) then
      echo You have new mail
    endif
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Bob Shair                          shair@chgvmic1.vnet.ibm.com
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