--- mitgcm.org/scripts/process_emails	2008/02/16 18:40:03	1.1
+++ mitgcm.org/scripts/process_emails	2018/01/08 14:17:59	1.8
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
 
-# $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/mitgcm.org/scripts/process_emails,v 1.1 2008/02/16 18:40:03 jmc Exp $
+# $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/mitgcm.org/scripts/process_emails,v 1.8 2018/01/08 14:17:59 jmc Exp $
 
 #cat <<EOF
 #==========================================================
@@ -8,5 +8,35 @@
 #==========================================================
 #
 #EOF
-cd /u/u2/jmc/testing/front_content && ./parse_emails -v -a jmc@ocean.mit.edu
+
+#-- build munpack if needed:
+unpck=/u/u2/jmc/testing/tools_mpack/munpack
+if test ! -x $unpck ; then
+ MPACKDIR=`dirname $unpck`
+ cd $MPACKDIR
+ ./configure && make
+fi
+
+#-- create a daily log file (if not already there)
+cd /u/u2/jmc/testing/logs
+logpfx="prc_emails_" ; sfx=`date +%m%d`
+logfile="../logs/${logpfx}$sfx"
+if test -e $logfile ; then :
+else
+#-- clean-up old log files:
+  echo -n '-- in dir: ' ; pwd
+  n=$(( `ls ${logpfx}* | wc -l` - 10 ))
+  if test $n -gt 0 ; then
+  echo -n ' remove files: '
+    ls -lt ${logpfx}* | tail -"$n"
+    ls -t  ${logpfx}* | tail -"$n" | xargs rm -f
+  fi
+  echo ' create new log file:' $logfile
+  touch $logfile
+  echo "Log file created from '"`hostname`"' by '$USER' on:" `date` >> $logfile
+  chmod 664 $logfile
+fi
+
+#-- parse emails :
+cd /u/u2/jmc/testing/front_content && ./parse_emails -u $unpck -a jmc@ocean.mit.edu >> $logfile 2>&1