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From: jplummer@umich.edu (Jon Robertsen Plummer)
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Subject: Answer: how do you do a plan?
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Bob Allison (boba@wwa.com) had this to say:
= Strawberry Bitch <manders@expert.cc.purdue.edu> wrote:
= >Okay, here is my predicament:  I have a file called ".plan" but now I don't
= >know how to put it in my plan in my finger file.  Could someone please
= >enlighten me?  I am truly lost.  If it makes a difference, I am on a 
= >UNIX system.  Thank you so much..
=    If it's called ".plan" that should be it.  Make sure it's in the top 
= level of your home folder (ie, not in any other folders).  Try fingering 
= your account.

Chances are you'll have to set permissions on the file (and probably on 
your directory) so that the file is world-readable.  For more info,
"man chmod".