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			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 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 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
Normally, if only one person is specified in the FINGER command and he is
not logged in, the time of his last logout and plan file, if any, are
given.  This printout can be suppressed by using the "-LOGOUT" or "-PLAN"

You can force printing of last logout or plan files even for lists of
people by using the "/LOGOUT" or "/PLAN" switches, which can also be
abbreviated to one letter.  Thus "FING &VB/L" lists everyone on the
volleyball list who is logged in and, for the rest,  the time of their
last logout.

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