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- XFinger
-
- Install:
- Run setup.exe from windows. Setup will take care of file copying. After
- setup, You should have a new directory /xfinger(or different name if you
- select other name during setup). In this directory, you should have four
- files:
- xfinger.exe windows executable
- xfinger.hlp help file
- xfinger.rc host name and user name config file
- readme.1st this file
-
- You should edit xfinger.rc to suit your need. Entries in that file are
- just examples. You should delete them. Here is that demo xfinger.rc:
- # A line that starts with "#" is comment
- # host user1 user2 ....
- top.gun.net John Jim
- profit.com x4g1995 acc2361 15434920
- # ...
-
- As you can see, you can put a host name at the beginning of a line
- followed by user login IDs on that host.
-
- Quick start:
- Run xfinger.exe, press START button. Xfinger will finger users at the
- host you specified every 40 seconds(default interval). If that user
- is logging in that host, xfinger will display one line information on
- it's window. For example, if user John is logging in top.gun.net host
- and user acc2361 is logging in host profit.com, the window will be like
- this:
- John@top.gun.net
- acc2361@profit.com
- If the user you specified are not logging in the hosts, XFinger will
- display nothing.
- So basicly, you can tell if a particular user is online or not.
-
- Command line:
- You can specify command line arguments to XFinger when you run it.
- The format is usually: xfinger.exe arguments.
- The only argument now is "-now", which tells xfinger to enter
- automatic fingering immediately(don't wait for pushing start button).
- So full syntax is: xfinger.exe -now
-
- Sound:
- If a user is logging on for the first time, xfinger will play a sound
- clip(if you enable sound option in the xinger menu). I don't know what
- will happen if you don't have multimedia system. Can someone tell me
- if it works on system that has no sound card or not? If it's not,
- I will make a version that has no sound function in it.
-
- Any questions? Please email George Xie at q7f192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca
- You can always get latest XFinger at XFinger WWW page:
- <URL:http://www.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca/spider/q7f192/branch/xfinger.html>
- And if you don't have access to WWW, you may try CICA and SimTel's
- winsock directory.
-
- If you like this program, feel free to give it to your friends.
- This is a free software.
-
- XFinger, Copyright 1995 by George Xie
- mail your bug reports to:
- q7f192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca
-
- FILE_ID.DIZ
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- (v0.25) XFinger - Win File/Finger/Winsock
- XFINGER reads users and hosts from a config
- file, and fingers the hosts every 40 seconds
- (default). If the users are logging on the
- hosts you specified, XFINGER will notify you
- by displaying that information on a windows(
- and optionally, ring a bell). By doing this.
- you can know if specified users are logging
- in or out, when, and where.
- Freeware
- George Xie, q7f192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca
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