Bug in mailx(1)

[T. William Wells]

In article <14551 at bfmny0.UUCP> tneff at bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) writes:
: Anyway, when you run mailx(1), which I'm not sure why anyone in his
: right mind would to begin with, the -e option (check for mail and report
: results via the exit code) leaves a very nice little lock file dangling
: after it exits (e.g., /usr/mail/tneff.lock).

It's a known bug. :-( The workaround is to just check for the mailbox
yourself: if [ -s /usr/mail/tneff ];....

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