The Pigeon Generator for Unix
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The Pigeon Generator for UNIX is a simple command line utility to generate a message from a UNIX machine. Prior to using it for the first time, the file uPigeon.c must be compiled on your Unix machine to create a file named uPigeon.

By typing uPigeon at the prompt, you will get the syntax:

Pigeon Distant Generator 2.1 for Unix
 USAGE:
   uPigeon HostIP "TEXT|LEVEL|MODE|LIFETIME|GROUPS"

 WHERE:
   HostIP is the IP address of the Pigeon Server
   TEXT is the message to send
   LEVEL is a number: 0=Message
                      1=Warning
                      2=Alert
                      3=ALARM **
   MODE is a number: 0=Acknowledge
                     1=Continuous
   LIFETIME is a number: 0=One shot to connected users
                         1=Repeat at every client's login
                         2=Once to every users
   GROUPS is optional.  It lists all designated users
                        (separated by semicolons ; )

 NOTES:
   All 4 delimiter pipes | must be included even if no group is specified
   and the complete set must be enclosed within double quotes "

   Using the ALARM level will generate a continuous alarm sound on
   targetted PCs.  Use with care.