monger@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Patricia Monger) (07/30/90)
Is there a version of biff around someplace for the SGI machines? I just got a 4d/25, and installed irix 3.2 on it. I think I installed everything, but biff doesn't seem to be part of that. Also, is there anything equivalent to xbiff around for 4sight? or can I just use xbiff?
fsfacca@ZoSo.lerc.nasa.gov (Tony Facca) (08/02/90)
In article <26B44859.29885@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> monger@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Patricia Monger) writes: >Is there a version of biff around someplace for the SGI machines? I just >got a 4d/25, and installed irix 3.2 on it. I think I installed everything, >but biff doesn't seem to be part of that. >Also, is there anything equivalent to xbiff around for 4sight? or can I just >use xbiff? If you do a manual installation of the X stuff from eoe2, then you can use xbiff from the /usr/bin/X11 directory. 3.3 has a great new mail tool called "mailbox" done in a way that only SGI would think of.. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Facca | fsfacca@avelon.lerc.nasa.gov | phone: 216-433-8318 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are at Witt's end. Passages lead off in *all* directions.
loki@NAZGUL.PHYSICS.MCGILL.CA (Loki Jorgenson Rm421) (01/13/91)
Is there an SGI version of biff (alerts user of new mail during
login session) or is there source for biff somewhere which I cn try
compiling on my 4D/25?
Thanks,
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> Is there an SGI version of biff....
No, but there _is_ a little program called 'mailbox' which does pretty much
the same thing.
-Mikeblbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854") (01/14/91)
You could try xbiff or mailbox. I use mailbox. Of course both require you to be on the graphics console. -- Brent L. Bates NASA-Langley Research Center M.S. 361 Hampton, Virginia 23665-5225 (804) 864-2854 E-mail: blbates@aero4.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero8.larc.nasa.gov
srp@babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Scott R. Presnell) (01/15/91)
blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854") writes: > You could try xbiff or mailbox. I use mailbox. Of course both >require you to be on the graphics console. I have a version of NeWSbiff (originally written for Sun NeWS) that people can have if they want. It presents you with an envelope at the top of your screen that contains the text of the "From" address. You can then open it and examine the first N lines (about 24). It works via the .forward mechanism. Of course this will probably become obsolete when SGI stops the NeWS window manager. - Scott -- Scott Presnell +1 (415) 476-9890 Pharm. Chem., S-926 Internet: srp@cgl.ucsf.edu University of California UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!srp San Francisco, CA. 94143-0446 Bitnet: srp@ucsfcgl.bitnet
smd@rehder.larc.nasa.gov (Steve Dahmen) (01/15/91)
srp@babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Scott R. Presnell) wrote in "Biff": >blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854") writes: >> You could try xbiff or mailbox. I use mailbox. Of course both >>require you to be on the graphics console. > >I have a version of NeWSbiff (originally written for Sun NeWS) I wrote my own that works on regular old terminals, using termcap. It puts a message telling you who the new mail (as well as any unread messages) is from in the lower right hand corner of your screen... in highlighted text if your terminal can do it. You start it up in your .login and it kills itself when you log out. Written in bourne shell and C. Not the most elegant approach, but it does work. -- -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Steve Dahmen, Systems Analyst (804) 864-4519 (W) M/S 365, NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia 23665 smd@rehder.larc.nasa.gov
wuorinen@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Wuorinen) (01/17/91)
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