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| author | wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-08-01 20:26:47 +0000 |
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| committer | wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-08-01 20:26:47 +0000 |
| commit | b3575f9ae83c75461423e12ca14a11a420a86ab2 (patch) | |
| tree | ec5d76df430c18933fa671f55f4e9f6515d6b4e0 /usr.bin/finger | |
| parent | 9233cdeb45364b46af24dfc626a835aa05bbc378 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-b3575f9ae83c75461423e12ca14a11a420a86ab2.zip FreeBSD-src-b3575f9ae83c75461423e12ca14a11a420a86ab2.tar.gz | |
Document the bogus standard requirement of delaying the close.
Also include a reference to the FINGER RFC.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/finger')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/finger/finger.1 | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/finger/finger.1 b/usr.bin/finger/finger.1 index 9d0755c..1c43820 100644 --- a/usr.bin/finger/finger.1 +++ b/usr.bin/finger/finger.1 @@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)finger.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 5/5/94 +.\" $Id$ .\" -.Dd May 5, 1994 +.Dd August 1, 1997 .Dt FINGER 1 .Os BSD 4 .Sh NAME @@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ status (as a ``*'' before the terminal name if write permission is denied), idle time, login time, and either office location and office phone number, or the remote host. If .Fl h -is given, the remote host is printed (the default.) If +is given, the remote host is printed (the default). If .Fl o is given, the office location and office phone number is printed instead. @@ -202,8 +203,19 @@ last login data base .Xr w 1 , .Xr who 1 , .Xr ttcp 4 . +.Rs +.%A D. Zimmerman +.%T The Finger User Information Protocol +.%R RFC 1288 +.%D December, 1991 +.Re .Sh HISTORY The .Nm finger command appeared in .Bx 3.0 . +.Sh BUGS +The current FINGER protocol RFC requires that the client keep the connection +fully open until the server closes. This prevents the use of the optimal +three-packet T/TCP exchange. (Servers which depend on this requirement are +bogus but have nonetheless been observed in the Internet at large.) |
