Here are the scripts that I use (modified from the
ones in the contrib directory of the fetchmail distro)
~/.bash_profile
# Start Fetchmail up when I Login.
# - modified from script in contrib section
# - 1/24/01 Vinod Kurup [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TDEV=`tty | sed -n -e "s#/dev/##p"`
if [ ! -s ~/.fetchmail.pid ]; then
echo -n "Starting fetchmail daemon..."
fetchmail -d 300
echo $TDEV > ~/.fetchmail.owner
echo "done."
fi
# END of Fetchmail startup
~/.bash_logout
# Below is for Fetchmail clean up
# - modified from logout script in contrib section
# - 1/24/01 Vinod Kurup [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TDEV=`tty | sed -n -e "s#/dev/##p"`
if [ -s ~/.fetchmail.pid ]; then
if [ -s ~/.fetchmail.owner ]; then
OWNER=`cat ~/.fetchmail.owner`
if [ $TDEV = $OWNER ]; then
rm -rf ~/.fetchmail.owner
fetchmail -q >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
fi
fi
# END of Fetchmail clean up
HTH,
Vinod
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 08:18:03AM -0500, Brad Burns wrote:
> Have you checked fetchmails homepage? I remember seeing a FAQ or something
> there describing how to do this. The gist of it revolved around
> creating/removing temporary files using ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bash_logout
> using a specific file mask, ~/.bash_logout would look for other files, and if
> only one existed, would terminate fetchmail on its way out... hmm, looking at
> the fetchmail faq, it says the script that does this, is in the contrib
> directory in the fetchmail distribution, so you may need to download it
> yourself.
>
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 09:22:41AM +0100 or thereabouts, Daniel de los Reyes
> wrote:
> > I want to run fetchmail as a daemon each time I log in but I don't want to
> > do it manually.Is bash_profile the apropiate place to launch it from? How
> > can I prevent it form being launched several times if I login at several
> > consoles?
> >
> > Thank's
> >
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