nagy%bsndbg.hepnet@LBL.ARPA.UUCP (02/26/87)
Can anybody help. Say a user log's in and he gets the message that there
is new mail. This is fine but I have a global login file which sets the
terminal up (because we have some big teks) sets the dialog area ect.. bt
esc codes. Is there anyway in dcl to at a latter dat redisplay the
initial message at login. At the moment i have a delay at the begining of
the login file so the user has a chance to look. Its a pain in the neck
because if somebodys password has expired they dont notice. Ta.
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The password expiration information is in the UAF, and can be read with
$GETUAF. Unfortunately, there is no DCL interface to $GETUAF - you'd have
to write a program to do it.
I've written a DCL interface to the $GETUAI system service. The program
is called GETUAI and is an outgrowth of the older GETUAF program available
on several past VAX SIG tapes. GETUAI is on the current Languages&Tools
SIG tape and on the new (Fall '86) VAX SIG tape.