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Good points. (1) I think if I run the cron in the middle of the night that's unlikely to happen. (2) If it does happen we just miss a little learning and no real harm is done. I'll go for simplicity and clarity rather than worry about race conditions. Is my syntax correct? (Respond in your answer and I can accept it.)

Transistor
– Transistor

2017-01-08 21:14:26 +00:00
Commented Jan 8, 2017 at 21:14
You almost certainly want to remove the contents of the new and cur directories, not the directories themselves, so I'd change it. But... I can't recommend that you do that. It's easy enough to move them into a spool folder and probably even increases clarity too.

Celada
– Celada

2017-01-08 21:16:54 +00:00
Commented Jan 8, 2017 at 21:16
Please review the update to my question with solution along the lines you've suggested.

Transistor
– Transistor

2017-01-08 22:58:01 +00:00
Commented Jan 8, 2017 at 22:58

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