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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Run the command to get emails, and record its PID, which is used
+# to kill the program before run it again.
+# This is an workaround to solve the stuck issue with `offlineimap`.
+#
+
+# Command to get emails
+GET_CMD="offlineimap -o -1"
+
+# PID file
+PID_FILE="${HOME}/.cache/get_mail.pid"
+
+# Log file
+LOG_FILE="${HOME}/.cache/get_mail.log"
+
+
+# Kill the previous process at first.
+# For `offlineimap`, it sometimes just stucks ...
+if [ -e "${PID_FILE}" ]; then
+    kill -SIGKILL `cat ${PID_FILE}`
+    rm ${PID_FILE}
+fi
+
+if [ -e "${LOG_FILE}" ]; then
+    mv ${LOG_FILE} ${LOG_FILE}.old
+fi
+
+${GET_CMD} > ${LOG_FILE} 2>&1 &
+echo $! > ${PID_FILE}