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Re: script
On 2008-07-28, René Berber <r.berber@computer.org> wrote:
> Brian Mathis wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:15 PM, r <r-trev@fastwebmail.it> wrote:
>>> ok, I'm going to learn to manage basic cygwin-linux features
>> [...]
>>> I saw unlike linux that cygwin does not warn me when there are new
>> [...]
>>> Is there a way ( like in linux ) to send a message to my prompt
>> [...]
>>> R
>>
>> I think one source of confusion is because of the areas I have
>> highlighted. Don't expect cygwin to be like linux, because it is not
>> linux. It is cygwin. Cygwin gives Windows a "UNIX-like" environment,
>> it does not turn Windows into linux or UNIX.
>
> You are helping him the wrong way: the original question was nonsense,
> Linux doesn't notify users of new mail, the shell can, other
> applications can... and that's probably what he is chasing (but doesn't
> admit he doesn't know Linux well enough so he just throws the "I can do
> it in Linux, why not in Cygwin?").
Yes this is correct, I don't know linux very very well. I identify linux
with bash, consolle, that's what I used to use in Linux ; so bash, consolle
notified me about new arrived emails.
>
> The practical way of getting mail notifications (in Windows and any
> other environment with a GUI) is through your mail client.
>
> Yes, bash (and other shells) have the option to notify you. Use 'shopt
> -s mailwarn' and define where your spool is (for instance, export
> MAIL='/var/spool/mail/user-name').
ok.
That's how
>
> Besides, using a thread to solve multiple questions is bad practice.
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