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1 Mutt:Email Notifications
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3 :author: Aaron Ball
4 :email: nullspoon@iohq.net
5
6
7 == {doctitle}
8
9 I use the http://www.mutt.org/[mutt] email client for all of my email accounts
10 (in combination with mbsync for offline mail). One of the things I've hear
11 quite a few people complain about is its lack of notification integration, be
12 it through libnotify, system sounds, or any other means. Rightefully so, it is
13 a bit annoying to have to keep checking your terminal for new mail. With that,
14 I wrote a simple script to remedy the issue.
15
16 This script uses the inotify-tools to watch the given directory for new files
17 without having to loop and execute commands every x seconds, consuming many
18 system resources. Inotify is very small and will not bog down your machine (it
19 uses the linux kernel inotify subsystem to sleep until triggered by the
20 specified filesystem event).
21
22 ----
23 #!/usr/bin/env bash
24
25 # Command to be executed when a change occurs
26 cmd='mplayer -really-quiet ~/.sounds/notify.ogg'
27
28 # Require user to specify directory to be watched
29 if [[ -z ${1} ]]; then
30 echo "Please specify a directory to be monitored."
31 exit 1
32 fi
33
34 monpath=${1}
35
36 # Verify directory to be monitored exists
37 if [[ ! -d ${monpath} ]]; then
38 echo "Path ${monpath} does not exist. Please check the path and try again."
39 exit 1
40 fi
41
42 echo "Monitoring ${monpath}"
43
44 while [ 0==0 ]; do
45 # Wait for a file creation operation
46 inotifywait -e create -r "${monpath}"
47 # Display with really quiet because mplayer is chatty
48 ${cmd}
49 done
50 ----
51
52
53 [[usage]]
54 == Usage
55
56 To use this script, save its source to a path where it can be called easily. I
57 put mine at __~/bin/dir_notify.sh__.
58
59 Once you've tweaked the cmd variable to your liking, simply execute the script
60 and background by following the command with a & if you like. Send yourself a
61 few emails to test it.
62
63 ----
64 dir_notify.sh ~/Mail
65 ----
66
67 Category:Mutt
68 Category:Linux
69 Category:Scripts
70
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