Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!bionet!kristoff
From: kristoff@genbank.bio.net (David Kristofferson)
Newsgroups: bionet.users.addresses
Subject: Re: Putting the FINGER in....
Message-ID: <Oct.4.17.30.09.1990.20647@genbank.bio.net>
Date: 5 Oct 90 00:30:10 GMT
References: <1990Oct4.215319.1@csc.fi>
Organization: GenBank Online Service
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> I got some mail asking me about the CPQ NAMES on BITNET. 
> It would appear that Chris Condon's "BITNET for the Complete Idiot"
> might be a timely posting to Bionaut since it is a classic document
> on what you can do on Bitnet... and for you inquisitive souls with
> access to UNIX then you can use the FINGER command to acheive
> the same results as CPQ NAMES on BITNET.

One note here, although "finger" is available on UNIX systems, the type
of "fingering" of people on other computers that Rob mentioned is
dependent upon having an Internet connection.  People on BITNET with
UNIX machines would not be able to use this to scan goings on on other
machines.
-- 
				Sincerely,

				Dave Kristofferson
				GenBank Manager

				kristoff@genbank.bio.net