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| 1 | .\" $Source: /afs/dev.mit.edu/source/repository/athena/bin/gms/get_message.1,v $ |
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| 2 | .\" $Author: probe $ |
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| 3 | .\" $Header: /afs/dev.mit.edu/source/repository/athena/bin/gms/get_message.1,v 1.1 1993-10-12 06:03:05 probe Exp $ |
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| 4 | .\" |
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| 5 | .\" Copyright 1987,1988 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| 6 | .\" All rights reserved. The file /usr/include/mit-copyright.h |
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| 7 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. |
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| 8 | .\" |
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| 9 | .\" |
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| 10 | .TH GET_MESSAGE 1 "September 28, 1988" "MIT Project Athena" |
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| 11 | .ds ]W MIT Project Athena |
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| 12 | .SH NAME |
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| 13 | get_message \- display the Athena Global Message of the Day |
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| 14 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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| 15 | .B get_message |
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| 16 | [ |
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| 17 | .BI -z[ephyr] |
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| 18 | ] [ |
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| 19 | .BI -n[ew] |
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| 20 | ] [ |
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| 21 | .BI -l[ogin] |
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| 22 | ] |
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| 23 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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| 24 | .I get_message |
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| 25 | finds the Athena Global Message server, requests the current message, |
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| 26 | and displays it if necessary. If any errors occur, a cached copy is |
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| 27 | consulted. |
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| 28 | .TP 12 |
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| 29 | .B \-z[ephyr] |
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| 30 | indicates that the message (if any) should be displayed as a Zephyr |
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| 31 | Windowgram (see |
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| 32 | .I zephyr(1) |
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| 33 | for details.) |
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| 34 | .TP |
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| 35 | .B \-n[ew] |
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| 36 | indicates that the message should be only be displayed if the user has |
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| 37 | not seen it before. |
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| 38 | .TP |
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| 39 | .B \-l[ogin] |
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| 40 | is normally passed to |
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| 41 | .I get_message |
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| 42 | by |
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| 43 | .I /bin/login |
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| 44 | to indicate that the user might not see this message, and that it |
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| 45 | should not be considered when the |
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| 46 | .I \-new |
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| 47 | argument is later used. |
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| 48 | .SH FILES |
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| 49 | .TP 12 |
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| 50 | .B ~/.message_times |
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| 51 | to hold the version number of the last message seen by the user. |
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| 52 | .TP |
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| 53 | .B /usr/tmp/.messages |
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| 54 | to hold the cached copy of the message during network outages. |
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| 55 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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| 56 | zephyr(1), zwrite(1) |
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| 57 | .SH AUTHOR |
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| 58 | .PP |
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| 59 | Mark W. Eichin <eichin@athena.mit.edu> |
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| 60 | .SH RESTRICTIONS |
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| 61 | Copyright (c) 1988 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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| 62 | All Rights Reserved. |
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