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Xref: sserve comp.unix.admin:9668 comp.unix.bsd:11677 comp.unix.wizards:28906 alt.unix.wizards:125 Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.wizards,alt.unix.wizards Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!news.dfn.de!solaris.rz.tu-clausthal.de!idefix.rz.tu-clausthal.de!injc From: injc@idefix.rz.tu-clausthal.de (Joerg Czeranski) Subject: Re: How does finger get info about mail??? Message-ID: <1993Mar17.081809.15722@solaris.rz.tu-clausthal.de> Sender: root@solaris.rz.tu-clausthal.de (Operator) Organization: Techn. Univ. Clausthal X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 References: <1993Mar14.000449.24954@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 08:18:09 GMT Lines: 32 Angelino (robert@triton.Jpl.Nasa.Gov) wrote: : BACKGROUND: : SunOS 4.1.2. SPARC 2. : : What process does finger go through to get the mail information?? Does : it look at the access time of /var/spool/mail/username or is it getting : it from somewhere else?? : : : -curious Indeed, you are right. Finger displays the access / modification time of /var/spool/mail/user as 'mail unread since ...' / 'mail received ...'. joerg -- Joerg Czeranski EMail czeranski@rz.tu-clausthal.de Osteroeder Strasse 55 SMTP injc@[139.174.2.10] W-3392 Clausthal-Zellerfeld Voice (at work) +49-5323-72-3896 Germany Voice (at home) +49-5323-78858 To verify PGP public key, finger injc@sun.rz.tu-clausthal.de, or email me. -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.1 mQA9Ais98rIAAAEBgJzQ7Bh3LCI0F8bpmnN3/G8Ip6KZrnhgyIr5cnBiuco3l1tk levnfI+isd6qK5oFKQAFEbQtSm9lcmcgQ3plcmFuc2tpIDxpbmpjQHN1bi5yei50 dS1jbGF1c3RoYWwuZGU+ =dZKc -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----