On Saturday 19 October 2019 17:46:42 deloptes wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > If those rm's and mv's from outside of kmails knowledge, were > > converted to dbus commands to be executed by kmail, then nothing > > would disturb its database but kmails own actions. > > > > So, where do I find the real docs on how kmail responds to commands > > sent over dbus? That seems to be a secret, and it sucks dead toads > > thru soda straws. I just now rechecked the Handbook, and it has zero > > mention of dbus. �So please explain how, and I WILL fix my scripts. > > Let be clear only few applications in TDE use dbus and these are the > once that need interaction with dbus for some reason - kmail has > nothing to do with dbus. > > You should think of using pipes - I do not mean the unix '|' but in > your process. One application works on content in one directory and > delivers the output into another directory, where other application > uses this as input and delivers to another directory. > Humm, how would one translate this to that? #!/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/root/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/home/gene/bin # make this run as gene! Does # make sure the database is free killall fetchmail # wait for the spamd pipes to drain sleep 20 # do this dastardly deed sa-learn --ham /home/gene/Mail/ham/cur sa-learn --ham /home/gene/Mail/coco/cur sa-learn --ham /home/gene/Mail/Xorg/cur sa-learn --spam /home/gene/Mail/spam/cur # now, this stuff is trash, 24 hours old, kill it. rm -f /home/gene/Mail/spam-hold/cur/* # And move todays catch into Mail/spam-hold/cur for a 24 hour period # so I can retrieve it the next day if needed. mv /home/gene/Mail/spam/cur/* /home/gene/Mail/spam-hold/cur/ # Note, I leave the ham for moving where it really goes by hand # and restore fetchmail but let the disks synch first sleep 6 /usr/bin/fetchmail -d 120 --fetchmailrc /home/gene/.fetchmailrc Simple little script, usually takes about a minute to run. cron sends me an email. I delete it unless there has been an error. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For additional > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... Read > list messages on the web archive: > http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to > top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>