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Old 04-16-2004, 01:43 PM   #1
hus
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"finger"


When I use finger command
it'll show me a useful information about people I want to know
I notice that the output of finger cmd. have a field named "plan"
One day I use "finger someone"
The output appear like this
Login: Someone Name:Someone
Directory: /home/someone Shell:/bin/bash
On since Thu Dec 7 11:21 (EST) on pts/1 from Anywhere
4 minutes 2 seconds idle
No mail.
Plan:
I 'm going to do something.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know how to add my plan to my finger print identity
 
Old 04-16-2004, 02:19 PM   #2
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hi there!!!

you need to have a file called /home/$user/.plan...
it maeans a file called ".plan" in your home directory...
you should write there what you want that appears in your

finger "dude"


command.....

Regards

Slackie...

ps. man finger is always your friend!!!
 
  


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