NETWORK FINGER
A FINGER command containing @<site name> will now attempt to finger people at
other Arpanet sites.  It does this by connecting to the FINGER socket at the
specified site and passing the rest of whatever you typed (before and after
the "@<site name>" to the host.  If that host supports Network Finger, then
you get whatever they return.

For example, "FING TK@AI" tells you about Tom Knight at MIT-AI and "FING @SRI"
tells you about everyone who is running on SRI-KL.  At this writing, only the
following sites respond to a network FINGER:  all MIT ITS sites (ai, mc, ml,
dm), sri-kl, sri-ka, and office-1.  More will be joining shortly.

Normally only one site can be specified in a single FINGER command, but if you
would like to waste some time, say "FING @*" and it will tell you about
everyone out there.

			DOMESTIC FINGER
The system command "FING" shows data on all jobs, in order by programmer
initials.  The "IDLE" column shows the time, in minutes, since the given job
was last in the RUN queue.  If the job is currently in the STOP or NULL
queues, a "." follows.

If there is a digit in the next column, it represents the number of extra
Data Disc channels that belong to this job.

Finally, the "Terminal" part shows the location of the owner (the terminal
that last typed something at this job).  "detached", of course means just
that.  "disowned" means that the terminal that last owned this line has
released it.  "TV" means that this is a television (Data Disc) terminal that
is displaying the channel currently.  "tv" means that the terminal that owns
this job isn't looking at it.

If terminals other than the owner are viewing this job's main channel, then
they are listed on subsequent lines, with the job field blank.

			   POINTING THE FINGER
The command "FING <people list>" shows data only on the specified people.  For
example, "FING JMC,DAVE,WILL" requests information on programmer JMC and
anyone whose first or last name begins with "DAVE" or "WILL".  String matching
uses the following precedence:
  1) exact match on programmer initials,
  2) exact match on friendly or last names,
  3) match on leading characters of friendly or last names.
If a given string matches more than one person at a given level, it reports
"ambiguous" and lists their names.

If only one person is specified and he is not logged in, it normally tells
when he last logged out and when his mail file was last written and shows his
plan file, if any, but this can be suppressed with switches (see below).

			FILE LISTS
Arguments in the FINGER command are separated by commas and/or spaces.  An
argument of the form "&<file name>" causes that file to be read.  Files can
include references to other files, ad nauseum.  In files, everything to the
right of a semicolon on a given line is ignored, so that comments can be put
there.

The default file extension is "DIS" and the default PPN is "[P,DOC]".  Thus if
you say "FING &H", it will first look for a file in your area called "H".  If
that doesn't exist, it will next try "H.DIS" in your area and, if necessary,
"H.DIS[P,DOC]", the latter being the list of hand-eye people which is kept in
[P,DOC] along with other group lists (see SAIL Telephone Directory).

			SWITCHES
Normally, for people who are not logged in, FINGER gives the time of last
logout, mail file information, and plan file.  These printouts can be
suppressed by using the "-LOGOUT", "-MAIL", or "-PLAN" switches.

If one or more files are referenced (by &filename), logout times, mail file
information, and plan files are normally suppressed.  You can force printing
of these things by using the "/LOGOUT", "/MAIL", or "/PLAN" switches.

Switches may be abbreviated to one letter.

			DOCUMENTATION
The command "FINGER ?" will cause this description to be printed out.