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.TH LERT 1 "December 30, 1994" "MIT DCNS"
.ds ]W MIT DCNS
.SH NAME
lert \- display account deactivation messages
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lert
[
.BI -z[ephyr]
] [
.BI -m[ail]
] [
.BI -n[o]
] [
.BI -q[uiet]
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I lert
shows any messages directed to you by Athena Accounts (e.g.
notification that your account is scheduled for deactivation).  Lert is
run automatically during login to assure that such messages are
displayed for you in a timely manner.  You can also run lert manually
from the Athena prompt to review such messages.  You can acknowledge
any current messages directed to you by running lert with the -n
switch.  While this will stop the current messages from being
displayed when you login, it will not prevent you from receiving new
messages in the future.
The default display method is to display each message using cat.
.TP 12
.B \-z[ephyr]
display each message as a Zephyr
Windowgram (see
.I zephyr(1)
for details.)
.TP
.B \-m[ail]
send each message to you as an email message.
.TP
.B \-n[o]
acknowledge the current set of messages.  The current set of messages
is shown one last time and you are not shown these messages again.  
.TP
.B \-q[uiet]
fail silently if an error occurs while contacting the server.
.SH EXAMPLE
.TP
.B lert | lpr
print current messages
.SH SEE ALSO
zephyr(1)
.SH AUTHOR
.PP
Mike Barker <mbarker@mit.edu>
.SH RESTRICTIONS
Copyright (c) 1994 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
All Rights Reserved.