name:   notice v1.04
author: Thijs Maris
date:   Oct 1999

Purpose:
  Notice can be used to display a message on a user's screen when he
  logs on to a windows-NT server.

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Installation:
  Create a directory on your server where everyone has 'read' rights.
  This will be the directory where you put your messages. You can only
  put plain-text files in this dir.

  Put the notice executable somewhere on your server where everyone has
  'RX' rights.
  Now you have to create a login-script from which you call your notice
  program, with command-line options as defined below.

  Usage:

  notice_board [src] [cfg]

  src : Location of note-files. Ends with '\'
  cfg : Name of configuration file (created if not exist)

  note-files are plain-text files in a directory with nothing else in it.

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Creating note-files:
  You can create note files with your favorite editor (as long as it
  creates files in plain-ascii format) or with the makenote program.
  The advantage of the makenote program is that the layout of your notes
  is preserved.
  You can put the word '#SHOW' on a blank line somewhere in your note to
  disable the 'don't show again' feature for this note, so the note will
  always be shown.

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How it works:
  Notice creates a config file in the [cfg] dir, as specified in your
  login-script. When notice starts, is checks the file-dates of all the
  files in the [src] dir with the dates stored in the config file. If it
  finds a file with a date not listed in the config file it will display
  that file. If, on the other hand, the date of a file equals a date in
  the config file, the note will not be shown.
  If a user enables the 'don't show again' option, the date of that note
  will be stored in the config file.

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Legal stuff:
  This program is freeware, and may be distributed freely. I would
  however appreciate it if you would send me an e-mail if you decide to
  use this program :)
  You may also alter the source as much as you like, as long as you
  leave my name somewhere in the source.

  If you have any questions or remarks you can e-mail me at:
  t.maris@icim.fnt.hvu.nl
