On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 01:45:16PM +0530, Ajay wrote: >Hi, > >I just shifted to Debian (no X) from RH. > >I'm using fetchmail to download my mail from various boxes. How >do I know when fetchmail has finished checking all the >mail-boxes, so that I can disconnect?
I do the following : 1. Start fetchmail with -L option, for ex. fetchmail -v -a -L /var/log/fetchmail.log Remember to first create this file -> touch /var/log/fetchmail.log 2. Put the following in your startup script. On debian (/etc/init.d/rcS) tail -f /var/log/fetchmail.log >> /dev/tty9& Now you can watch the status of fetchmail on tty9. If you are in 'X' , than open a console and start tail -f /var/log/fetchmail.log there to view the status. HTH Peace. -- Rajesh : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Easy key-mappings for Vi clones LOST #203 Create a file .exrc in your home directory and add these lines map W :wq .... write file and exit map Q :q! .... unconditional quit/ abort You can have as many such mappings as you like. ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>####################################### : _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
