---
name: "notifyme"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "notifyme"
version: "1.4.3-3"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/notifyme"
---

# notifyme(1)

notifies a user then other one logs in

## NAME

notifyme - notifies a user then other one logs in

## SYNOPSIS

**notifyme \[-c** *conf* **\] \[-C\] \[-l\] \[-q\] \[-h\] \[** *USERNAME* **\] ...**

## DESCRIPTION

**notifyme** is a console utility that stays in a background  (it isn't a daemon but it doesn't block terminal) and prints a message if a specified login and/or logout occurs. .

When program starts it reports number of logins and minimum idle time of the users that you specified in a resource file. .

In the config file ($HOME/notify.rc by default)  you can specify (extended regular expressions are allowed) usernames, hostnames and terminals that should be monitored, optional messages that will be displayed and other options (beep, report logouts etc.).

## OPTIONS

- \-c config-file

  Specify the configuration file where usernames, hostname and terminals which will be monitored.

- \-C

  Force notifyme to display messages on the center of the screen.

- \-l

  Do not report when the user logouts.

- \-q

  No beep when a message appears.

- \-h

  Show help index.

## FILES

*~/notify.rc*

Indication of usernames, terminals and hostnames to be monitored.

## AUTHOR

Michal Suszycki \<mike@wizard.ae.krakow.pl\>