1#!/bin/zsh
2#
3# This autoloadable function checks the folders specified as arguments
4# for new mails.  The arguments are interpreted in exactly the same way
5# as the mailpath special zsh parameter (see zshparam(1)).
6#
7# If no arguments are given mailpath is used.  If mailpath is empty, $MAIL
8# is used and if that is also empty, /var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME is used.
9# This function requires zsh-3.0.1 or newer.
10#
11
12emulate -L zsh
13local file message
14
15for file in "${@:-${mailpath[@]:-${MAIL:-/var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME}}}"
16do
17	message="${${(M)file%%\?*}#\?}"
18	file="${file%%\?*}"
19	if [[ -d "$file" ]] then
20		file=( "$file"/**/*(.ND) )
21		if (($#file)) then
22			checkmail ${^file}\?$message
23		fi
24	elif test -s "$file" -a -N "$file"; then  # this also sets $_ to $file
25		print -r -- "${(e)message:-You have new mail.}"
26	fi
27done
28