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8.TH LERT 1 "December 30, 1994" "MIT DCNS"
9.ds ]W MIT DCNS
10.SH NAME
11lert \- display account deactivation messages
12.SH SYNOPSIS
13.B lert
14[
15.BI -z[ephyr]
16] [
17.BI -m[ail]
18] [
19.BI -n[o]
20] [
21.BI -q[uiet]
22]
23.ti +5n
24[
25.BI -s[erver]
26hostname
27]
28.SH DESCRIPTION
29.I lert
30shows any messages directed to you by Athena Accounts (e.g.
31notification that your account is scheduled for deactivation).  Lert is
32run automatically during login to assure that such messages are
33displayed for you in a timely manner.  You can also run lert manually
34from the Athena prompt to review such messages.  You can acknowledge
35any current messages directed to you by running lert with the -n
36switch.  While this will stop the current messages from being
37displayed when you login, it will not prevent you from receiving new
38messages in the future.
39The default display method is to display each message using cat.
40.TP 12
41.B \-z[ephyr]
42display each message as a Zephyr
43Windowgram (see
44.I zephyr(1)
45for details.)
46.TP
47.B \-m[ail]
48send each message to you as an email message.
49.TP
50.B \-n[o]
51acknowledge the current set of messages.  The current set of messages
52is shown one last time and you are not shown these messages again. 
53.TP
54.B \-q[uiet]
55fail silently if an error occurs while contacting the server.
56.TP
57\fB\-s[erver]\fI hostname \fR
58
59Connect to the lert server "hostname".  lert will use Hesiod to determine
60the default server if this option is not specified.
61.SH EXAMPLE
62.TP
63.B lert | lpr
64print current messages
65.SH SEE ALSO
66zephyr(1)
67.SH AUTHOR
68.PP
69Mike Barker <mbarker@mit.edu>
70.SH RESTRICTIONS
71Copyright (c) 1994 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
72All Rights Reserved.
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