spmdisp - generate messages
spmdisp options
Spmdisp generates messages as required by spshed(8)
in response to
the mail or write completion or attention options of spr(1)
and
equivalents.
By default, it uses the system basic mailer to dispose of mail
options, spwrite(8)
to send messages to users' terminals and
dosspwrite(8)
to send messages to Windows PCs.
The messages are generated by spmdisp from the system message file, which by default is int-config.
The program to be used in each case may be overridden by assignments
to the environment variables MAILER
, WRITER
and DOSWRITER
,
most conveniently in the master configuration file
/etc/gnuspool.conf. The program (or shell script) to be run in each
case should take data on standard input and the relevant user name as
the first argument, and will run under the identity spooler
.
These variables may also be set on a per-user basis by assignment in a
.gnuspool
file located in a user's home directory. The user may also
specify an alternative message file by assignment to the variable
SYSMESG
. These programs or scripts will be run under the identity
of the user, typically the owner of the job to be run.
The interface (options etc) are internal to GNUspool and are not documented here.
int-config message file
~/.gnuspool user's home directory
alternative write to PC program or script.
alternative mail results program or script.
alternative write results program or script.
alternative location for help file directory.
alternative message file location (relative to user's home directory if need be).
dosspwrite(8), spshed(8), spwrite(8).
John M Collins, Xi Software Ltd.