SPMDISP(8)

NAME
spmdisp - generate messages

SYNOPSIS
spmdisp options

DESCRIPTION
Spmdisp generates messages as required by spshed(8) in response to the mail or write completion or attention options of gspl-pr(1) and equivalents.

By default, it uses the system basic mailer to dispose of mail options, spwrite(8) to send messages to users' terminals and dosspwrite(8) to send messages to Windows PCs.

The messages are generated by spmdisp from the system message file, which by default is int-config.

The program to be used in each case may be overridden by assignments to the environment variables "MAILER", "WRITER" and "DOSWRITER", most conveniently in the master configuration file gnuspool.conf. The program (or shell script) to be run in each case should take data on standard input and the relevant user name as the first argument, and will run under the identity "spooler".

These variables may also be set on a per-user basis by assignment in a ".gnuspool" file located in a user's home directory. The user may also specify an alternative message file by assignment to the variable "SYSMESG". These programs or scripts will be run under the identity of the user, typically the owner of the job to be run.

The interface (options etc) are internal to GNUspool and are not documented here.

FILES
int-config message file

~/.gnuspool user's home directory

ENVIRONMENT

DOSWRITER
    alternative write to PC program or script.

MAILER
    alternative mail results program or script.

WRITER
    alternative write results program or script.

SPHELPDIR
    alternative location for help file directory.

SYSMESG
    alternative message file location (relative to user's home directory if need be).

SEE ALSO
dosspwrite(8), spshed(8), spwrite(8).

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

AUTHOR
John M Collins, Xi Software Ltd.