From: "Brian Jackson" <brian-kernel-list@mdrx.com>
To: Daniel Peter Cavanagh <nofsk@vtown.com.au>
Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bash script problem
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:07:30 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021210170730.25546.qmail@escalade.vistahp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3DF54C86.7070908@vtown.com.au>
Try this:
fetchmail -su nofsk pop.vtown.com.au && pine || echo failed fetch
see if that works for you.
--Brian Jackson
Daniel Peter Cavanagh writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to write a script that will run a command, and if successful run
> another command otherwise echo a message.
>
> This is what I have but it doesn't work (I've never written a bash script
> before):
>
> if [ `fetchmail -su nofsk pop.vtown.com.au` ]; then
> pine
> else
> echo failed fetch
> fi
>
> Could something please fix this up. Thanks for your help, Daniel.
>
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-12-10 17:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-12-10 2:08 bash script problem Daniel Peter Cavanagh
2002-12-10 16:55 ` ichi
2002-12-10 21:19 ` Chuck Gelm
2002-12-10 17:07 ` Brian Jackson [this message]
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