---
name: "party"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "funny-manpages"
version: "1.1-3"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/party"
---

# party(1)

set OS responses mode

## NAME

party - set OS responses mode

## SYNOPSIS

**party ON\|OFF\|WHEREIS \[ - \] dnv**

## DESCRIPTION

Operating  systems  being  what they are,  the admin people can easily  grow tired of  command responses that resemble dyslexic eugene-speak   filtered   through   Kernighan   and   Ritchie's collective  back-brains.  To alleviate this, we have included a slightly  more  \`casual'  mode,  in  which the responses to all commands  are  first filtered  through  a  customising  routine **(DUDE)** , which  makes them  sound a little more  friendly while retaining   their  full  information   content  (usually).   The rooted(c)   system prompt is  changed to  \`What now,  dude?' and output from  each command is terminated by \`No problem, dude.'

## OPTIONS

- **-v**

  Verbose mode  (ALL commands  have  a \`verbose' mode). When  this  option   is  present,  all filtered responses are  preceeded  by a message:  \`This response has been parsed by the  **DUDE** filter and is not intended to be some sort of sleazy come-on.'

- **-d**

  Don't  restart  all  processes  after  recompiling the **/uselss/libs/eugene** file (see below).   This alows any important tasks to complete beforehand.

- **-n**

  Notify  all  users  that  they  are about to be force-logged out and  force-logged in again.

- **ON**

  Activates the  **DUDE** filter.

- **OFF**

  De-activates the  **DUDE** filter.

- **WHEREIS**

  Doesn't do anything, but we couldn't resist it.

## EXAMPLES

%-)  party on

What now, dude?

To compare  the differing responses, here is output provided by the ispi -s command, with party OFF and party ON:

party OFF

line     who       why                       how long   ========================================================== 000      rooted    that's you, dweeb!        epoch ---------------------------------------------------------- 00F      wp        she's supposed to be        0:44:12  \
                    typing up the end of\
                    financial year report,\
                    but she's been doing her\
                    resume when she thinks \
                    no-one is watching ---------------------------------------------------------- 014      maint     playing games, as usual     0:51:16

party ON

Well,  let's see who's on, eh?  There's you, of course, on line 000 (Imagine that!  Hahaha!)  Oh look,  on serIOus line 00F,  it's that cute little secretary - looks like she's lost her keyboard template again, she's been hitting the escape key for the past five minutes! AND  OF  COURSE, the  guys  down in maintenance are playing \`cosmic ballcrushers'.   As  usual.   Well,  who  else,  um,  no-one really interesting like,  ya know, oh hang on,  DTR is toggling on serIOus line 03D.. oh, no problem, it's that stuffed modem again.  You want maybe I should send  some AMail to maintenance  and get 'em to look at it?   No problem, dude.

What now, dude?

## FILES

- **/uselss/libs/bill&ted/DUDE**

  ```
  This  is  the pipe process,  usually
  started  at system shoe,  which lies
  idle until party ON is issued.
  ```

- **/uselss/libs/eugene**

  ```
  Contains all of the ordinary, ho-hum
  confusing   computer   -   jargonese
  responses  which commands ordinarily
  issue.  Text file.
  ```

- **/uselss/libs/eugene.spoo**

  ```
  compiled version of the eugene file.
  ```

- **/ephemeral/eugene.chex**

  ```
  Checksum  for  the  compiled  eugene file.
  ```

## SEE ALSO

*crp*(1), *stuffio*(2), *doobrie*(9), *gouge*(3), *ftang*(65534), *wi*(-1), *edmond*(29), *jumpstart*(2), *vo\_mit*(992)

## BUGS

The **-n** option can be slow.

If  the n option is issued,  some users in a wi editing session may not  receive the  \`warning, restart imminent' message until after the restart.

There is no way selectively to follow symbolic links.

Sunburne Computer, Inc. 9 October 1991