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commit 240b7e75a33d5fad27d04c9419a50ef7835bc08e
parent 84e5953f3b439630143e86abe3a5a2b3688cf617
Author: Anders Damsgaard <anders.damsgaard@geo.au.dk>
Date:   Wed, 24 Feb 2016 11:44:37 -0800

add script which monitors and kills long offlineimap processes

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bin/mailcheck.sh
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1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/bin/mailcheck.sh b/bin/mailcheck.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Check every ten seconds if the process identified as $1 is still running. 
+# After 5 checks (~60 seconds), kill it. Return non-zero to 
+# indicate something was killed.
+monitor() {
+    local pid=$1 i=0
+
+    while ps $pid &>/dev/null; do
+        if (( i++ > 5 )); then
+            echo "Max checks reached. Sending SIGKILL to 
+            ${pid}..." >&2
+            kill -9 $pid; return 1
+        fi
+
+        sleep 10
+    done
+
+    return 0
+}
+
+read -r pid < ~/.offlineimap/pid
+
+if ps $pid &>/dev/null; then
+    echo "Process $pid already 
+    running. Exiting..." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+offlineimap -o -u quiet & monitor $!