ZAWAY(1)ZAWAY(1)NAMEzaway - tell other people via Zephyr that you aren't
around
SYNOPSISzaway [ OPTIONS ] [ FILE ]
DESCRIPTIONzaway provides a way for you to automatically send replies
when other people contact you using zwrite(1). zaway sub
scribes itself to class "MESSAGE", instance "*", so that
it can monitor your incoming messages. It does not affect
the operation of any other client receiving messages.
zaway is typically run when you are leaving your terminal
or display temporarily. zaway usually never exits; when
you return to your terminal you should type the interrupt
character (usually ^C) in order to make zaway exit.
OPTIONS
-m STRING
Use STRING as the body of the auto-reply message.
Any message file (specified on the command line or
the default) is ignored.
-w Watch the invoking user's location status. If the
user is locatable anywhere, no auto-replies will be
sent.
-h Displays a short usage message and exits.
zaway uses a message file (which defaults to $HOME/.away)
to describe what reponses should be sent to which senders.
The general format of this file is:
>name
>name
message
>name
message
Any number of user names may be specified preceding the
message to send to those senders. If a user name appears
more than once, the message will be a concatenation of
each of the appropriate messages. There are two special
names: "*" indicates that the following message should be
sent to all senders and "%" indicates that the following
message should only be sent if the user name has not
matched yet.
If no file is specified, and no default file can be found,
the following message is returned:
I'm sorry, but I am currently away from the terminal
and am not able to receive your message.
If a user name does not match any of those listed in the
file, and no "*" or "%" field is specified, no return mes
sage is sent. All messages are preceded by a signature
"Automated reply:". To avoid loops, messages are not sent
in response to messages beginning with an "Automated
reply:" signature or sent by the same Kerberos principal
as the user running zaway.
SAMPLE FILE
>eichin
>tony
Hi there guys! I'm in the other room right now.
I'll be back in 5 minutes or so.
>jruser
Sorry, but I'm gone for the day...
>%
Hello...I'm not sure who you are. I'll be back soon,
though.
>*
This message comes to you compliments of zaway!
The final "compliments" message will be included in all
messages, whereas the "I'm not sure" message will only be
included in messages that are not from "eichin", "tony",
or "jruser".
FILES
$HOME/.away
SEE ALSOzephyr(1), zwgc(1), zwrite(1), zhm(8), zephyrd(8)
Project Athena Technical Plan Section E.4.1, `Zephyr Noti
fication Service'
AUTHOR
Robert S. French (MIT-Project Athena)
RESTRICTIONS
Copyright (c) 1987,1988 by the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. All Rights Reserved.
zephyr(1) specifies the terms and conditions for redistri
bution.
MIT Project Athena July 1, 1988 ZAWAY(1)
