New(ly finished) script to invoke (or kill if hung) offlineimap.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/localsyncmail b/localsyncmail
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+me=$(whoami)
+user=${1:-$me}
+host=${2:-localhost}
+
+#pkill -KILL -f offlineimap || nice x-terminal-emulator -e "offlineimap || echo 'Application died - hit return to quit!'; read"
+#pkill -KILL -f offlineimap || nice x-terminal-emulator -e \( offlineimap \|\| read \)
+
+if [ "$user" = "$me" ] && [ "$host" = "localhost" ]; then
+	command="bash -s"
+else
+	command="ssh -C -X $user@$host bash -s"
+fi
+
+echo "pkill -u $user offlineimap || offlineimap" | $command
+
+exit 0