also sprach Nick Furman (on Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:50:30PM -0400): > Can someone tell me where finger gets it's information on the system, when > it displays when the user last checked their email. I guess it reads > /var/spool/mail/(user) for the date of mail last received, but I am > unclear where it gets the information for when the user last checked mail.
it's either mtime or atime of the inode of that user's mailbox. martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:" [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "in just seven days, i can make you a man!" -- the rocky horror picture show