#!/bin/sh die () { 2>&1 echo "$*" exit 1 } maildir=~/mail mailboxes=$(find "$maildir" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d ! -name cur ! -name tmp ! -name new ! -name .notmuch -printf '%f\n') LOCKFILE="/tmp/.mailsync.$USER.lock" # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/185451/quick-and-dirty-way-to-ensure-only-one-instance-of-a-shell-script-is-running-at # /!\ locking method is susceptible to race condition # Should be fine for cron job if [ -e "$LOCKFILE" ] && kill -0 "$(cat "$LOCKFILE")"; then echo "mailsync is already running" exit 1 fi # make sure the lockfile is removed when we exit and then claim it trap "rm -f '$LOCKFILE'; exit" INT TERM EXIT echo $$ > "$LOCKFILE" # Try a single short sync to test password availability mbsync "$(echo "$mailboxes" | head -n 1)" || die "Please unlock password database" for m in $(echo "$mailboxes" | tail -n+2); do mbsync "$m" & sleep 1 done wait fdm fetch notmuch new rm -f "$LOCKFILE"