#!/bin/sh # # specify the mailbox file you want to read on the command line # Use a relative path from your $HOME directory # # For this kind of chaotic procmailrc there is no uniform neat solution # to determine which lockfiles to use. I'll give just one (suboptimal) # solution here. Use your imagination to extend it :-). # MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail cd $HOME # this means all paths are relative to $HOME LOCKFILE=$HOME/.lockmail LOCKFILE2=$HOME/Mail/whatever if lockfile -! -r1 $LOCKFILE $LOCKFILE2 then echo Mail is currently arriving, please wait... while lockfile -! -4 -r2 $LOCKFILE $LOCKFILE2 do echo Mail is still arriving... done fi trap "rm -f $LOCKFILE $LOCKFILE2;exit 0" 0 1 2 3 13 15 # # Call your favourite mailer here. # /usr/ucb/mail -f $*