zaway - Online in the Cloud

PROGRAM:

NAME

zaway - tell other people via Zephyr that you aren't around

SYNOPSIS

zaway [ OPTIONS ] [ FILE ]

DESCRIPTION

zaway provides a way for you to automatically send replies when other people contact you
using zwrite(1). zaway subscribes itself to class "MESSAGE", instance "*", so that it can
monitor your incoming messages. It does not affect the operation of any other client
receiving messages. zaway is typically run when you are leaving your terminal or display
temporarily. zaway usually never exits; when you return to your terminal you should type
the interrupt character (usually ^C) in order to make zaway exit.

OPTIONS
-m STRING
Use STRING as the body of the auto-reply message. Any message file (specified on
the command line or the default) is ignored.

-w Watch the invoking user's location status. If the user is locatable anywhere, no
auto-replies will be sent.

-h Displays a short usage message and exits.

zaway uses a message file (which defaults to $HOME/.away) to describe what reponses should
be sent to which senders. The general format of this file is:

>name
>name
message
>name
message

Any number of user names may be specified preceding the message to send to those senders.
If a user name appears more than once, the message will be a concatenation of each of the
appropriate messages. There are two special names: "*" indicates that the following
message should be sent to all senders and "%" indicates that the following message should
only be sent if the user name has not matched yet.

If no file is specified, and no default file can be found, the following message is
returned:

I'm sorry, but I am currently away from the terminal and am not able to receive your
message.

If a user name does not match any of those listed in the file, and no "*" or "%" field is
specified, no return message is sent. All messages are preceded by a signature "Automated
reply:". To avoid loops, messages are not sent in response to messages beginning with an
"Automated reply:" signature or sent by the same Kerberos principal as the user running
zaway.

SAMPLE FILE

>eichin
>tony
Hi there guys! I'm in the other room right now.
I'll be back in 5 minutes or so.
>jruser
Sorry, but I'm gone for the day...
>%
Hello...I'm not sure who you are. I'll be back soon,
though.
>*
This message comes to you compliments of zaway!

The final "compliments" message will be included in all messages, whereas the "I'm not
sure" message will only be included in messages that are not from "eichin", "tony", or
"jruser".

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