NAME

btmdisp - generate messages


SYNOPSIS

btmdisp options


DESCRIPTION

Btmdisp generates messages as required by btsched(8) in response to the mail or write completion options of batch jobs.

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

The messages are generated by btmdisp from the system message file, which by default is btint-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 gnubatch.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 batch.

These variables may also be set on a per-user basis by assignment in a .gnubatch 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 GNUbatch and are not documented here.


FILES

btint-config message file

~/.gnubatch 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, by default /usr/spool/progs.

SYSMESG

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


NOTES

Btmdisp is identical to GNUspool's spmdisp(8), apart from using different message and configuration files.


SEE ALSO

dosbtwrite(8), btsched(8), btwrite(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.