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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>