MANSFIEL%EMBL.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU (06/29/87)
I'm looking for some facility that allows me to make announcements to users of updates to the system, new facilities, and general news items. It seems there is a 'news' facility on SysV, but I can't find anything equivalent on our SunOS 3.3 system. (Someone a while back mentioned a 'msgs' program - in the context of replacing the motd file - but I haven't been able to reach them). Is such a facility available, and where can I get it? Thanks in advance, Niall
randy@ncifcrf.UUCP (The Computer Grue) (06/30/87)
In article <8082@brl-adm.ARPA>, MANSFIEL%EMBL.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU (Niall Mansfield) writes: > > I'm looking for some facility that allows me to make > announcements to users of updates to the system, new > facilities, and general news items. I've written a 'msgs' replacement for the suns (why didn't they provide it? I don't know). I'm sending it to the gnu foundation and it's copylefted the same as their stuff. I'm willing to give copies to people, but if there's enough interest I'll simply post it to comp.sources.unix or comp.sources.misc (whichever'll have it). Anybody? -- Randy Smith -- Randy Smith @ NCI Supercomputer Facility c/o PRI, Inc. PO Box B, Bldng. 430 Phone: (301) 698-5660 Frederick, MD 21701 Uucp: ...!seismo!elsie!ncifcrf!randy
allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) (07/04/87)
As quoted from <8082@brl-adm.ARPA> by MANSFIEL%EMBL.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU (Niall Mansfield): +--------------- | It seems there is a 'news' facility on SysV, but I can't | find anything equivalent on our SunOS 3.3 system. (Someone | a while back mentioned a 'msgs' program - in the context of | replacing the motd file - but I haven't been able to reach | them). +--------------- A simple "news" program is in K&P (for non-initiates: THE UNIX PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT by Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike). It's a shell script, but it does most of what SysV "news" does, and translating to C shouldn't be too hard. On the other hand, you can pull a few other things: "rn general" (!) ua (!!) -- use the bulletins for important stuff and the less important (or specific to some department, or details of the bulletins, etc.) in the message base a shell script: cd /usr/bulletins find . -newer $HOME/.last_bulletins -exec echo bulletin: '{}' ';' -exec more '{}' ';' touch $HOME/.last_bulletins # this needs some work to be really useful # it is also a very cheap "news" Necessity is the mother of invention. ++Brandon -- ---- Moderator for comp.sources.misc and comp.binaries.ibm.pc ---- Brandon S. Allbery <BACKBONE>!cbosgd!hal!ncoast!allbery ('til Aug. 1) aXcess Company {ames,mit-eddie,harvard,talcott}!necntc!ncoast!allbery 6615 Center St. #A1-105 {well,sun,pyramid,ihnp4}!hoptoad!ncoast!allbery Mentor, OH 44060-4101 necntc!ncoast!allbery@harvard.HARVARD.EDU (Internet) +01 216 974 9210 ncoast!allbery@CWRU.EDU (CSnet -- if you dare) NCOAST ADMIN GROUP Brandon Allbery on 157/504 (Fidonet/Matrix/whatever) * ncoast -- Public Access UN*X -- (216) 781-6201, 24 hrs., 300/1200/2400 baud * * ncoast is proud to be carrying alt.all -- contact me for more information *
agm@warwick.UUCP (Andy Minter) (07/14/87)
In article <137@ncifcrf.UUCP> randy@ncifcrf.UUCP (The Computer Grue) writes: > I've written a 'msgs' replacement for the suns (why didn't they > provide it? I don't know). I'm sending it to the gnu foundation > and it's copylefted the same as their stuff. I'm willing to give > copies to people, but if there's enough interest I'll simply post it > to comp.sources.unix or comp.sources.misc (whichever'll have it). > Anybody? > > -- Randy Smith I'd sure like a copy, how about posting it! Andrew