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.FIRST TITLE;FINGER/RSX system: Network and Local Server
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Author:
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T. R. Wyant III, E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Richmond, VA.
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Operating System: RSX11M+ V3.0 forward, RSX-11M V4.0 forward 
(with restricted functionality)
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Language: Fortran-77
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Memory Required: 28KW
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Other Hardware Required: None
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Keywords: RSX-11; Networking
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Abstract:
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This program is an RSX implimentation of and interface to the
Columbia Finger System (DECUS Library V-SP-14), and provides
similar functionality. In particular, it:

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.LE;Identifies current users of the system, when and where 
logged in, and so on. The search is on last name, with support 
for the wild card characters "*" and "%".

.LE;Finds a specific user and displays the above information 
plus the contents of the user's FINGER.PLN file.

.LE;Serves as an in-bound DECnet server to allow searching for 
users on other nodes. Explicit route-through is supported to 
allow use in an internet environment.

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No command line switches are supported. Switches will be 
preserved in a route-through operation, and ignored in a request 
to the local node.

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The various pieces of FINGER/RSX functionality require system 
support as follows:

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.LE;The display of FINGER.PLN and last login time requires
multiuser protection;

.LE;The display of current system users and the use of "." to
finger yourself requires accounting (and therefore RSX-11M+); 

.LE;The display of information to or from remote systems 
requires DECnet.

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