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04-27-2004, 03:21 PM
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How are these commands related
I got into a little discussion about unix with someone, and they said something I just couldn't figure out. They said the commands biff, mesg, finger, and whois were somehow related, yet when I asked him, he couldn't really explain it. Are they really related, or was he just pulling things out of thin air?
I could be wrong, being not that fully versed in the ways of unix.
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04-27-2004, 03:29 PM
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finger is used for finding out information about a user from a server, whois identifies a user by user id, the biff command controls mail notification during a session, the mesg command controls whether you can recieve messages from other users on the system. all but the biff have something to do with users.
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04-27-2004, 03:40 PM
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Barefoot on the Moon!
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Thanks, homer
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06-17-2004, 01:56 AM
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biff: Give notice of incoming mail messages
finger: Lists information about the user mesg: Lets you control if people can use the write command to send text to you over the screen whois: Internet user name directory service related? perhaps in a round about kind of way
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