_____.__ _/ ____\__| ____ ____ ___________ \ __\| |/ \ / ___\_/ __ \_ __ \ | | | | | \/ /_/ > ___/| | \/ |__| |__|___| /\___ / \___ >__| \//_____/ \/ The 'finger' command is used to get information about a specific user on a local or remote system. Things like full name, telephone number and email address. It also normally displays the contents of the '.projects' and '.plan' files in the users directory. The user can put anything he wants into this files. Sometimes it contains useful information about the user's activity, serves as a kind of microblogging or all manner of humor. <== My finger service ==> I've set up a finger service on my server with my own scripts which provide all kinds of information. Available fingers and system info: (HTM) finger @redterminal.org Actual info about me (/now): (HTM) finger fab@redterminal.org My latest Mastodon/ActivityPub posts: (HTM) finger feed@redterminal.org My latest gemlog post: (HTM) finger gemlog@redterminal.org My latest gopher phlog post: (HTM) finger phlog@redterminal.org My GnuPG/OpenPGP public key: (HTM) finger gpg@redterminal.org Weather condition at my location: (HTM) finger weather@redterminal.org <== Your own finger ==> I would like to see more people using their finger service. Most of the pubnixes and tildes have some kind of finger service set up on their system. In fact it's more and more common in the smolnet community to have a finger address. For example I use my personal finger address as a kind of /now page where I put in what I'm currently doing in the mid term. But you can put anything you want in it. <== Join epochs finger ring ==> You can make updates to your finger address public by joining the finger ring. You can get information how to join it here: (HTM) finger ring@thebackupbox.net/ring (DIR) Home