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17 | .TH GET_MESSAGE 1 "September 28, 1988" "MIT Project Athena" |
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18 | .ds ]W MIT Project Athena |
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19 | .SH NAME |
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20 | get_message \- display the Athena Global Message of the Day |
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21 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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22 | .B get_message |
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23 | [ |
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24 | .BI -z[ephyr] |
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25 | ] [ |
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26 | .BI -n[ew] |
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27 | ] [ |
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28 | .BI -l[ogin] |
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29 | ] |
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30 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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31 | .I get_message |
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32 | finds the Athena Global Message server, requests the current message, |
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33 | and displays it if necessary. If any errors occur, a cached copy is |
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34 | consulted. |
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35 | .TP 12 |
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36 | .B \-z[ephyr] |
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37 | indicates that the message (if any) should be displayed as a Zephyr |
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38 | Windowgram (see |
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39 | .I zephyr(1) |
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40 | for details.) |
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41 | .TP |
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42 | .B \-n[ew] |
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43 | indicates that the message should be only be displayed if the user has |
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44 | not seen it before. |
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45 | .TP |
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46 | .B \-l[ogin] |
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47 | is normally passed to |
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48 | .I get_message |
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49 | by |
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50 | .I /bin/login |
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51 | to indicate that the user might not see this message, and that it |
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52 | should not be considered when the |
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53 | .I \-new |
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54 | argument is later used. |
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55 | .SH FILES |
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56 | .TP 12 |
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57 | .B ~/.message_times |
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58 | to hold the version number of the last message seen by the user. |
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59 | .TP |
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60 | .B /var/cache/libgms/messages |
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61 | to hold the cached copy of the message during network outages. |
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62 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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63 | zephyr(1), zwrite(1) |
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64 | .SH AUTHOR |
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65 | .PP |
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66 | Mark W. Eichin <eichin@athena.mit.edu> |
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67 | .SH RESTRICTIONS |
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68 | Copyright (c) 1988 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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69 | All Rights Reserved. |
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