NAME¶
zaway - tell other people via Zephyr that you aren't around
SYNOPSIS¶
zaway [
OPTIONS ] [
FILE ]
DESCRIPTION¶
zaway provides a way for you to automatically send replies when other
people contact you using
zwrite(1). zaway subscribes itself to class
"MESSAGE", instance "*", so that it can monitor your
incoming messages. It does not affect the operation of any other client
receiving messages.
zaway is typically run when you are leaving your
terminal or display temporarily.
zaway usually never exits; when you
return to your terminal you should type the interrupt character (usually ^C)
in order to make
zaway exit.
OPTIONS¶
- -m STRING
- Use STRING as the body of the auto-reply message. Any
message file (specified on the command line or the default) is
ignored.
- -w
- Watch the invoking user's location status. If the user is
locatable anywhere, no auto-replies will be sent.
- -h
- Displays a short usage message and exits.
zaway uses a message file (which defaults to $HOME/.away) to describe
what reponses should be sent to which senders. The general format of this file
is:
>name
>name
message
>name
message
Any number of user names may be specified preceding the message to send to those
senders. If a user name appears more than once, the message will be a
concatenation of each of the appropriate messages. There are two special
names: "*" indicates that the following message should be sent to
all senders and "%" indicates that the following message should only
be sent if the user name has not matched yet.
If no file is specified, and no default file can be found, the following message
is returned:
I'm sorry, but I am currently away from the terminal and am not able to receive
your message.
If a user name does not match any of those listed in the file, and no
"*" or "%" field is specified, no return message is sent.
All messages are preceded by a signature "Automated reply:". To
avoid loops, messages are not sent in response to messages beginning with an
"Automated reply:" signature or sent by the same Kerberos principal
as the user running
zaway.
SAMPLE FILE¶
>eichin
>tony
Hi there guys! I'm in the other room right now.
I'll be back in 5 minutes or so.
>jruser
Sorry, but I'm gone for the day...
>%
Hello...I'm not sure who you are. I'll be back soon,
though.
>*
This message comes to you compliments of zaway!
The final "compliments" message will be included in all messages,
whereas the "I'm not sure" message will only be included in messages
that are not from "eichin", "tony", or "jruser".
FILES¶
$HOME/.away
SEE ALSO¶
zephyr(1),
zwgc(1),
zwrite(1),
zhm(8),
zephyrd(8)
Project Athena Technical Plan Section E.4.1, `Zephyr Notification Service'
AUTHOR¶
Robert S. French (MIT-Project Athena)
RESTRICTIONS¶
Copyright (c) 1987,1988 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All Rights
Reserved.
zephyr(1) specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.