NAME
ptkfinger - Perl/Tk Finger Client for X
SYNOPSIS
ptkfinger [address]
DESCRIPTION
ptkfinger is a finger (TCP port 79) client for X, written in Perl/Tk.
Finger is usually used to provide information about a user at a certain host, but it is also sometimes used to provide a source of other information.
As well as simple finger ability, it also provides an option for long finger output.
OPTIONS
- address
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The address to finger (user for local users, or user@host).
REQUIREMENTS
ptkfinger requires a fairly up-to-date version of Perl (version 5.002 or better). It also (obviously) requires Perl/Tk. Perl/Tk is available in the Nick-Ing Simmons author directory at CPAN. It is also available as a Debian package.
AUTHOR and BUG REPORTING
ptkfinger was written by Alan Ford <[email protected]> Please report bugs to that address.
SEE ALSO
finger(1), fingerd(8), inetd(8), telnet(1), perl-tk documentation.
The finger (port 79) protocol is defined in RFC1288.
KNOWN BUGS
There have been reports of slightly dodgy output, but I have been unable to replicate the symptoms myself.