bin/offlineimap.cron

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 # http://pbrisbin.com/posts/mutt_gmail_offlineimap/
   3
   4 monitor() {
   5     local pid=$1 i=0
   6
   7     while ps $pid &>/dev/null; do
   8         if (( i++ > 10)); then
   9             echo "Max checks reached. Sending SIGKILL to ${pid}..." >&2
  10             kill -9 $pid; return 1
  11         fi
  12
  13         sleep 10
  14     done
  15
  16     return 0
  17 }
  18
  19 read -r pid < ~/.offlineimap/pid
  20
  21 if ps $pid &>/dev/null; then
  22     echo "Process $pid already running. Exiting..." >&2
  23     exit 1
  24 fi
  25
  26 offlineimap -o & monitor $!
  27