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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!agate!news.Stanford.EDU!elaine32.Stanford.EDU!extant From: extant <extant@elaine32.Stanford.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Pager program Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 14:11:28 -0800 Organization: Stanford University Lines: 17 Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951223141104.9303B-100000@elaine32.Stanford.EDU> References: <199512231006.LAA00275@amelie.frmug.fr.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: elaine32.stanford.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <199512231006.LAA00275@amelie.frmug.fr.net> > A perl/sh script called from a crontab that checks your conditions > regularly and calls write(1) will solve your problem. > If you intend to use a real pager, you can use hylafax, i think it has a > module to call real pagers ... Oh I meant a real pager. As in a beeper by Motorola or AT&T. __________________________________________________________________________ Hussein Kanji Symbolic Systems/History extant@leland.stanford.edu Stanford University Designer Going Up, Online Innovators System administrator admin@goingup.com "life is a comedy to those who think, life is a tragedy to those who feel"