An Internet tool for locating people on other sites.
Finger
can also be used to give access to non-personal information, but the
most common use is to see if a person has an account at a particular
site.
Finger
was one of the first computer network applications. It enabled people
to see who else was using the computer system as well as find basic
information on that user. To find information about a specific user, it
was necessary to know that person's email address. For example, in
response to the command Finger atstarr@unix.amherst.edu a computer running the Finger program would respond with the following information:
Login name: atstarr In real life: Andrew Starr
Office: Kansas City Home phone: 555-5555
Last login Mon Nov 8 13:22 on ttyre from sdn-ar-001mokcit
Plan:
To come so far one must be brave.
ATStarr@Amherst.Edu
Typical
information provided by Finger would be a person's real name, their
office location and phone number, and they last time they logged
in. Users also could modify the plan field to add whatever text they
wished. In this example, Andrew added a quotation, his email address,
and the URL for his web page.
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