On 2008-07-28, René Berber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian Mathis wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:15 PM, r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
