SPMDISP(8)
NAME
spmdisp - generate messages
SYNOPSIS
spmdisp options
DESCRIPTION
Spmdisp generates messages as required by spshed(8) in response to the
mail or write completion or attention options of gspl-pr(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 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.
FILES
int-config message file
~/.gnuspool user's home directory
ENVIRONMENT
- DOSWRITER
- alternative write to PC program or script.
- MAILER
- alternative mail results program or script.
- WRITER
- alternative write results program or script.
- SPHELPDIR
- alternative location for help file directory.
- SYSMESG
- alternative message file location (relative to user's home
directory if need be).
SEE ALSO
dosspwrite(8), spshed(8), spwrite(8).
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free
software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU
General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
AUTHOR
- John M Collins, Xi Software Ltd.