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XFinger
Install:
Run setup.exe from windows. Setup will take care of file copying. After
setup, You should have a new directory /xfinger(or different name if you
select other name during setup). In this directory, you should have four
files:
xfinger.exe windows executable
xfinger.hlp help file
xfinger.rc host name and user name config file
readme.1st this file
You should edit xfinger.rc to suit your need. Entries in that file are
just examples. You should delete them. Here is that demo xfinger.rc:
# A line that starts with "#" is comment
# host user1 user2 ....
top.gun.net John Jim
profit.com x4g1995 acc2361 15434920
# ...
As you can see, you can put a host name at the beginning of a line
followed by user login IDs on that host.
Quick start:
Run xfinger.exe, press START button. Xfinger will finger users at the
host you specified every 40 seconds(default interval). If that user
is logging in that host, xfinger will display one line information on
it's window. For example, if user John is logging in top.gun.net host
and user acc2361 is logging in host profit.com, the window will be like
this:
John@top.gun.net
acc2361@profit.com
If the user you specified are not logging in the hosts, XFinger will
display nothing.
So basicly, you can tell if a particular user is online or not.
Command line:
You can specify command line arguments to XFinger when you run it.
The format is usually: xfinger.exe arguments.
The only argument now is "-now", which tells xfinger to enter
automatic fingering immediately(don't wait for pushing start button).
So full syntax is: xfinger.exe -now
Sound:
If a user is logging on for the first time, xfinger will play a sound
clip(if you enable sound option in the xinger menu). I don't know what
will happen if you don't have multimedia system. Can someone tell me
if it works on system that has no sound card or not? If it's not,
I will make a version that has no sound function in it.
Any questions? Please email George Xie at q7f192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca
You can always get latest XFinger at XFinger WWW page:
<URL:http://www.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca/spider/q7f192/branch/xfinger.html>
And if you don't have access to WWW, you may try CICA and SimTel's
winsock directory.
If you like this program, feel free to give it to your friends.
This is a free software.
XFinger, Copyright 1995 by George Xie
mail your bug reports to:
q7f192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca
FILE_ID.DIZ
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(v0.25) XFinger - Win File/Finger/Winsock
XFINGER reads users and hosts from a config
file, and fingers the hosts every 40 seconds
(default). If the users are logging on the
hosts you specified, XFINGER will notify you
by displaying that information on a windows(
and optionally, ring a bell). By doing this.
you can know if specified users are logging
in or out, when, and where.
Freeware
George Xie, q7f192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca
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