Re: Solaris mailx hole

[rotten () bbnplanet com (Rick Otten)]

Seems to me that you could further increase the probability of winning this race
by running mail a little slower ("nice" it)...

...
> # Send mail to the user
> NEW_TARGET_LEN=$OLD_TARGET_LEN
> while [ "x$NEW_TARGET_LEN" = "x$OLD_TARGET_LEN" ]; do
>        echo "Sending mail to $TARGET"

>        echo "localhost $USER" | /bin/mail $TARGET
echo "localhost $USER" | nice /bin/mail $TARGET


>        sleep 10
>        kill -STOP $RACE_PID
>        rm -f $SPOOLDIR/$TARGET >/dev/null 2>&1
>        if [ -f $SPOOLDIR/$TARGET ]; then
>                echo "$PROG: Sorry, we lost the race - cant try again."
>                kill -9 $RACE_PID
...
Rick Otten
rotten () bbnplanet com
x4156
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