Bob Goodwin wrote: <snip> >> using 'ls' then awk to extract size to a&env, do a compare to current >> and play what ever to notify. above should have been 'a $env', an 'env' string. that is, you would use script to set 2 'env' strings, ie, '$old-size' and '$new-size'. then in script, 'awk' would set value of '$new-size' and compare to '$old-size'. if larger, play sound. at end, set '$old-size' to '$new-size'. it has been too long from last time using awk in scripts that it would be better if someone else gave you an example. if none do, i will try, then others can correct my errors. > Not sure I understand the logic there. Folder gets bigger so it must > contain new messages, I guess? true. cron could be set to run at an interval equivalent to interval of mail check. > My problem is that I filter e-mail messages into at least ten > different directories. One is for Verizon Text messages, 95% of > those are from my daughter and son-in-law during the daytime and <snip> if you use thunderbird to filter email from daughter and son, or who ever else you wanted an alert for, to their own folder, you could run cron ls/awk script on those folder files to check size increase. or you can use a prefilter to watch 'from:' in emails and let it run a script to play sound to notify. i tend to be terse, so i hope i have not confused you more. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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