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CaSU -- communications & status utilities.
Intro:
------
CaSU is a collection of programs for communicating with, and showing
the status of, other users (especially your friends). The package
currently consists of:
flon -- lists your friends who are logged on
to -- sends a short message to another user
_flon_ uses the `$HOME/.friends' file to instruct it on which users to
selectively display. The file eg.friends contains sample information.
The $FLON environment variable is also used by _flon_. Refer to the
manual (source form is `FLON.rof') for more details.
_to_ uses the `$HOME/.torc' file to store various parameters. The
various settings in this text file can either be directly edited,
or set via command line options. The eg.torc file contains a sample.
Refer to the manual (source form is `TO.rof') for more details.
Quick Installation Notes:
-------------------------
From your favourite shell, run:
sh ./configure
make
make install
make install.man
Some people may wish to install the manual pages formatted. If this
is the case, type:
make install.catman
By default, _flon_ will install a hard link to itself with the name of
`who' (to use _flon_ as who). If you don't want this behaviour, modify
the Makefile and clear the `who_prog =' variable.
_to_ may need to be installed by the system administrator if your system
limits who can access a user's tty. During configuration, if a message
such as:
checking mesg y permissions
- `to' is setgid to group 5
appears, then this is the case.
CaSU 3.3.3 has successfully been ported (in that the author has personally
tested the auto-configured scripts) to the following architectures:
A/UX 3.0, Linux, NetBSD 0.9, Solaris 2, SunOS 4.1.3, Umax 2.4
Flon and To (at various stages of their development) have also been
ported to the following architectures: (and theoretically should still
work without problems)
386BSD 0.1, AIX, Dynix, Irix 4, SCO Unix, SVR4 (non-Solaris)
Future enhancements:
--------------------
- enhance package to become the rcaid (remote communications and
interactive diary) currently being designed by myself and
Andrew Vanderstock, which contains the following subsystems:
- remote to (``rto'')
- remote flon (``rlon'')
- remote calendar (``rcal'')
- remote pin-board (``rpin'')
Bug reports, fixes, suggestions, and enhancements would be gratefully
accepted by the author, who may be contacted via email at:
<lm@rmit.edu.au>
Luke Mewburn, 940421.
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