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13 Oct 1975		FINGER			by Les Earnest

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 queue, a "." follows.

The command "FING <people list>" shows data only on the specified people.
For example, "FING JMC,DAVE,HERSK" requests information on programmer JMC
and anyone whose first or last name begins with "DAVE" or "HERSK".
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.

For people who are not logged in, it tells when they last logged out
and shows their plan file, if any.

			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 you 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
The argument list may also contain switches of the form "-PLAN" or
"-LOGOUT", which suppress the output of plan files and times of
last logout, respectively.  These may be abbreviated to as little
as "-p" and "-l".  Thus, if you give the command "FING @VB @M-L"
you will get information only on people in the Volleyball and Music
Groups who are logged in.