Notice V2.0, TOOLS, A system for managing login notices [16-AUG-1995] NOTICE informs users of important (?) notices when they log in to a VMS system. When a user logs in, he/she is informed of any new notices added to the system since his/her last interactive login. NOTICE was written to provide some means for notifying users of important system changes (new software, new operating hours, etc.) without having to display a text file each time they log in. The heart of NOTICE is a normal VMS text library, which contains the text of all NOTICE messages. When NOTICE is run with the /NEW qualifier, a brief description of all notices added to the system since the user's last interactive login is displayed: $ notice NOTICE topics. Type NOTICE for more information. Topic Date Description --------- ----------- ----------- VUG 22-APR-1992 VMS Users Group meeting, April 23 $ Such a call to NOTICE would typically be placed in the system login procedure (SYS$SYLOGIN) so it is executed each time an interactive user logs in. Users can examine the actual text of the message by adding the topic name to the NOTICE command: $ NOTICE VUG NOTICE works like TYPE/PAGE on video terminals---the user is prompted to press RETURN before each screen is scrolled so they can read the notice without having it scroll off-screen. NOTICE can be configured to always display a topic in the NOTICE list. NOTICE without any parameters will display all of the notices available. The BLISS sources are distributed with the software. _________________________________________________________________ CONTACTING THE AUTHOR MadGoat NOTICE was written by Hunter Goatley. To report bugs, please send mail to MadGoat-Bugs@WKUVX1.WKU.EDU. Additional MadGoat mailing lists are available as well.