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====== DISview [518]
finger
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finger <finger_filename>@<nodename>
finger @<nodename>
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Read the file <finger_filename> at <nodename>. Finger is
typically used to find out specific information about users on
remote hosts. By fingering a user, you can find out such
information as a user's name, his mailing address, telephone
number and other useful facts. This information is kept in a
separate text file for each user.
>> Example: finger ian@dowrmain.demon.co.uk
If you don't know the names of finger files at a remote host,
you can use the second form of the command. This command returns
a list of all finger files on the remote system.
>> Example: finger @dowrmain.demon.co.uk
To enable your finger server so that others may query the finger
files on your system, you must give the 'start finger' command.
All of the finger files are stored in directory ~/finger. Each
user wishing to be recognized by the finger system must create a
plain ASCII text file called <finger_file> in the finger
directory.
For example, user Ian would place his finger information in file
~/finger/ian.
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Special Finger Commands
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You can obtain system information from Demon with the following
special finger commands:
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finger motd@gate.demon.co.uk
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Get the Demon message-of-the-day. This is the message that is
displayed at login.
>> Example: finger motd@gate.demon.co.uk
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finger status@gate.demon.co.uk
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Get the Demon system status. The reply will give details of any
known problems and scheduled system shutdowns for maintenance,
upgrades etc.
>> Example: finger status@gate.demon.co.uk
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finger <my_hostname>@post.demon.co.uk
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Get a list of SMTP mail ready for delivery to you.
>> Example: finger dowrmain@post.demon.co.uk
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finger <nodename>@post.demon.co.uk
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Get the IP address of <nodename>.
>> Example: finger dowrmain.demon.co.uk@post.demon.co.uk
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finger <ip_address>@post.demon.co.uk
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Get the nodename corresponding to <ip_address>.
>> Example: finger 158.152.123.251@post.demon.co.uk