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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-26 16:38:00 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-26 16:38:00 -0400 |
| commit | 97d5c458cfa039d857301e1ca7d5af3beb37131d (patch) | |
| tree | b460cd850d0537eb71806ba30358840377b27688 /static/v10/man1/notify.1 | |
| parent | b89dc2331a50c63f8b33272a5c4c61ab98abdaa3 (diff) | |
build: Better Build System
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diff --git a/static/v10/man1/notify.1 b/static/v10/man1/notify.1 deleted file mode 100644 index 60d4194a..00000000 --- a/static/v10/man1/notify.1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,114 +0,0 @@ -'\"macro stdmacro -.if n .pH g1.notify %W% of %G% -.nr X -.if \nX=0 .ds x} notify 1 "Essential Utilities" "\&" -.if \nX=1 .ds x} notify 1 "Essential Utilities" -.if \nX=2 .ds x} notify 1 "" "\&" -.if \nX=3 .ds x} notify "" "" "\&" -.TH \*(x} -.SH NAME -\f4notify\f1 \- notify user of the arrival of new mail -.SH SYNOPSIS -\f4notify\fP \f4\-y\fP [ \f4\-m\fP \f2mailfile\fP ] -.br -\f4notify\fP [ \f4\-n\fP ] -.SH DESCRIPTION -.PP -When a new mail message arrives, -the \f4mail\fP command first checks if the recipient's mailbox indicates -that the message is to be forwarded elsewhere (to some other recipient or -as the input to some command). -\f4notify\fP is used to set up forwarding on the user's mailbox so that the new -message is saved into an alternative mailbox and, -if the user is currently logged in, -he or she is notified immediately of the arrival of new mail. -.PP -Command-line options are: -.sp .5 -.PD 0 -.TP 12 -\f4\-m\f2\0mailfile\f1 -File to save mail messages into while automatic notification is activated. -If not specified, it defaults to \f2$HOME/.mailfile\fP. -.TP -\f4\-n\f1 -Remove mail notification facility -.TP -\f4\-y\f1 -Install mail notification facility -.PD -.PP -If invoked with no arguments, -\f4notify\fP reports whether automatic mail notification is activated or not. -.PP -The notification is done by looking in \f4/etc/utmp\f1 to -determine if the recipient is currently logged in, -and if so, on which terminal device. -Then the terminal device is opened for writing and the user is notified about -the new message. -The notification will indicate who the message is from. -If the message contains a \f4Subject:\fP header line it will be included. -(For security, all unprintable characters within the header will be converted -to an exclamation point.) -.PP -If the user is logged in multiple times he or she will get multiple -notifications, one per terminal. -To disable notifications to a particular login session, -the \f4mesg\fP(1) command can be used to disable writing -to that terminal. -.PP -If there are multiple machines connected together via RFS or NFS, -\f4notify\f1 will look up the \f4/etc/utmp\fP files on the other systems as -well. -To do this, the file \f4/etc/mail/notify.sys\f1 will be -consulted, which will contain two columns, the first being the name of a -system and the second being a path to find the root filesystem for that -machine. -.PP -If \f4notify\fP has troubles delivering the mail to the specified mailfile, -\f4notify\fP -will look up the directory of the mailfile in \f4/etc/mail/notify.fsys\fP. -If the file's directory is found in the first column of the file, the mail will be -forwarded to the system listed in the second column instead of being returned -to the sender. -.SH FILES -.PD 0 -.TP 18 -\f4/tmp/notif\f1\(** -temporary file -.TP 18 -\f4/var/mail/\f1\(** -users' standard mailboxes -.TP 18 -\f4/usr/lib/mail/notify2\f1 -program that performs the notification -.TP 18 -\f4/etc/mail/notify.fsys\f1 -list of file systems and home systems -.TP 18 -\f4/etc/mail/notify.sys\f1 -list of machines and paths to their root filesystems -.TP 18 -\f4/etc/utmp\f1 -list of users who are logged in -.PD -.SH SEE ALSO -\f4mail\fP(1), \f4mesg\fP(1). -.br -.IR "User\'s Guide" . -.br -.ne 8 -.SH NOTES -Because \f4notify\fP uses the ``\f4Forward to \(bv\f2command\f1'' facility of -\f4mail\fP to implement notifications, -\f4/var/mail/\f2username\f1 should not be specified as the place -to put newly arrived messages via the \f4\-m\fP invocation option. -The \f4mail\fP command uses -\f4/var/mail/\f2username\f1 to hold either mail messages, -\f4or\fP indications of mail forwarding, -but not both simultaneously. -.PP -If the user is using \f4layers\fP(1), -the notification will \f4only\fP appear in the \f4login\fP window. -.\"@(#)notify.1 1.2 -.Ee |
