honp9@menudo.uh.edu (Jason L. Tibbitts III) (01/25/91)
Occaisionally I like to check up on my friends around the world using the finger command. Funny how those people whom I check up on happen to be the same ones I have Elm mail aliases for. Now I know that there is no sense in typing all of that drek constantly, so I ask: Is there a way to finger someone from within Elm, with Elm doing alias expansion? I don't see it there in the docs, but then I might not have all of the docs. Thanks -- Jason L. Tibbitts III | Moderator: comp.sys.amiga.reviews "Blob Shop Programmers:| Send submissions to HONP9@menudo.uh.edu Because We're Bored!" | Check comp.sys.amiga.reviews for submissions Disclaimer: Opinions...| guide, disclaimers, etc. Fnord.
markf@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Mark A. Fullmer) (01/30/91)
In article <1991Jan25.011742.2308@menudo.uh.edu> honp9@menudo.uh.edu (Jason L. Tibbitts III) writes: >Occaisionally I like to check up on my friends around the world using the > >Is there a way to finger someone from within Elm, with Elm doing alias >expansion? I don't see it there in the docs, but then I might not have >all of the docs. quick c-shell hack alias qf 'listalias \!* | awk -f $home/.ffilt | xargs -l finger' $home/.ffilt looks like: {print $2} --- then just do a qf (quick finger) alias. mark -- In the begining, or should I say: at the unix prompt. - charlotte (sometimes)