From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mpl2s-0001Hi-BW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:43:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C34F8E091B; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:43:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4DA8FE091B for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:43:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 21 Sep 2009 15:43:15 -0000 Received: from p54850BF1.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO gmx.net) [84.133.11.241] by mail.gmx.net (mp028) with SMTP; 21 Sep 2009 17:43:15 +0200 X-Authenticated: #20088476 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/wj4tlTpTwf0vYihYsb1KP09LGxPtg/5FVE2hp6g w0vo6/P23rHa2O Received: by gmx.net (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 Meino.Cramer@gmx.de; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:43:15 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:43:14 +0200 From: meino.cramer@gmx.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: fcron & fetchmail & procmail and the "why not?" Message-ID: <20090921154314.GB5876@solfire> References: <20090920153451.GB5807@solfire> <871vm1f3wn.fsf@newsguy.com> <20090921022938.GA5792@solfire> <87skegssw0.fsf@galiza_ceive.gnu-linux.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <87skegssw0.fsf@galiza_ceive.gnu-linux.org> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.52 X-Archives-Salt: 7b7f7eb8-9c7b-4803-9fe8-63acf844cb41 X-Archives-Hash: a722373fdcb45498ba6a1ca79f17ad68 Joh=E1m-Lu=EDs Migu=E9ns Vila [09-09-21 17:13]: > meino.cramer@gmx.de writes: >=20 > > Harry Putnam [09-09-21 04:25]: > >> Ward Poelmans writes: > >>=20 > >> > On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 17:34, wrote: > >> >> > >> >> When using the line: > >> >> > >> >> =A0 =A0@ 5 fetchmail -a > >> >> > >> >> nothing happens: The mail remains on the server and can be download= ed > >> >> with > >> >> > >> >> =A0 =A0fetchmail -a > >> >> > >> >> from the commandline. > >> >> > >> >> May be I am a little overhacked today...but what the hack I am doing > >> >> wrong here? > >> > > >> > Are you sure the cron job runs? Check the logs. Or try adding: > >> > */5 * * * * fetchmail -a > >> > in your cron file. > >>=20 > >> Another way to go at it might be to use fetchmails' built in daemon > >> mode (fetchmail -d INTERVAL). And forget about cron. > >>=20 > >>=20 > > > > fcron does run (see my previous mail). > > I will try the daemon mode. What will be the best place to fire up > > fetchmail then? > > ...but I am still curious what prevents the call by fcron, since this > > is also recommended by some howtos... >=20 > Have you tried to write a shell script calling fetchmail and call that fr= om fcron? >=20 > @ 5 /wherever/your/script/is.sh > --=20 > I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts > to bite people themselves. > -- August Strindberg > - This message may be digitally signed: GPG KeyID:0x9D2FD6C8 || FNMT SSL= cert No I havent, since I see no difference to calling a "real" executable -- but I will give it try. By the way: Calling fetchmal -d from ~/.openbox/autostart.sh also does not work, but other programs started from there do have no problems. --=20 Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.