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diff --git a/static/v10/man1/notify.1 b/static/v10/man1/notify.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..60d4194a --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man1/notify.1 @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +'\"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 |
