#!/bin/sh
# with props to John Gruber
# http://daringfireball.net/2006/10/how_to_tell_if_an_app_is_running

app_running=`osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to count processes whose name is "Mail"'`

if [ $app_running = 1 ] 
then
	# only close it, if it's open!
	# quit mail
	osascript \
		-e "tell application \"Mail\"" \
		-e "	quit" \
		-e "end tell"

	# need to sleep for a bit, so the mail can finish quitting
	sleep 1
fi

#compact that index!
/usr/bin/sqlite3 ~/Library/Mail/Envelope\ Index vacuum index;

#reopen mail if it was open before
if [ $app_running = 1 ] 
then
	open -a Mail.app
fi