using inotifywait via SSH to watch a remote Maildir for mu4e and syncmaildir - replacing IMAP IDLE

smd-inotify.sh

#!/bin/bash

while true
do

  echo "monitoring the remote Maildir ..."
  if (ssh myemailserver inotifywait "~/Maildir" -e close_write); then
    echo "got notification!"
    date --rfc-3339=seconds
  else
    echo "connection lost!?"
    exit 1
  fi

  echo "getting new email ..."
  smd-pull --verbose && smd-push --verbose

  if pgrep -f 'mu server'; then
    echo "mu server is already running, telling emacs to update ..."
    emacsclient -e '(mu4e-update-index)'
  else
    echo "running mu index ..."
    mu index
  fi

done