xmail first run

Hello

For the first time xmail runs it creates the spool directories and only then starts
working ( it's a couple of seconds interval ).
I would like xmail to start only after those dirs were created.
Also for the moment is it ok if i to wait for the last directory spool to be created (22/22) ?

The spool structure is created only the 1st time you run XMail. Also keep in mind, that it runs slower in debug mode.

ok
but how do i check when it's finished ?
I can't use ctrlclnt when it's building spool's.
I have a script that does sleep() but that's not good.

The spool folder stuct is created, when it did not exist, which takes a few seconds.
Sorry ... what exactly is the problem you are hunting ???

I just want to know when the spool directory is created. In a script

On the very first start of Xmail, it creates the spool and THEN it starts to accept messages and processing scripts. So at the time the script runs, the spool exists.
There is absolutely no need to check this from your script - never!

I am sorry. It's really my fault

I am packaging xmail and i ran into this problem (stated above ) when doing initial configuration
Now i am using
while [ ! -d $MAILROOTl/spool/22/22/ ] ; do sleep 1; done
to see when the spool creation is done and i was wondering if that's ok

No .. please forget about this. No need for that.

It doesn't work otherwise.

CtrlClnt returns an error

hschneider: I think he's talking about a script that starts XMailserver and not a script that is started by XMailserver...

I think what he wants is something like this:

OOOps ... thanks! I see ... :-)

In this case I would create a file named
.psync-trigger
inside MailRoot before starting XMail.

When the file is gone, XMail is ready to go.

Alternatively you can check when port 25 is open, but this requires a special tool.