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From: erict@flatline.UUCP (Lemmy Caution)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Want to remove mail file when done: How?
Message-ID: <390@flatline.UUCP>
Date: 8 Mar 89 20:13:43 GMT
Reply-To: erict@flatline.UUCP (Lemmy Caution)
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Here's the situation:

AT&T 3b1, 3.0 OS.

The window manager of a 3b1 puts a mail icon at the top of the screen
if mail exists for the user.  "Mail" is defined as a non-zero length
file existing as /usr/mail/username.

To get rid of the icon, the mail file has to dissappear -- not just become
zero lenght.  (You can also hit keystrokes to get rid of the icon, but the
idea is that after you read your mail, the icon goes away...)

Is there a way to make elm2.1 delete this file if it is empty upon
exit?  That's all I want it to do, really.  Right before it finishes
exiting, it checks to see if /usr/mail/username is zero length, and
deletes it if it is.


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