away(1)

NAME
away - terminal locking program

SYNOPSIS
away [OPTIONS] message [...]

DESCRIPTION
away is a simple program that locks your terminal, checks for new mail in any given number of mailboxes, and lets other users know why you are inactive.

OPTIONS

-c, --mail
    Enable checking of mail.

-C, --nomail
    Disable checking of mail.

-f, --rcfile=FILE
    Specify an alternative configuration file instead of the default ~/.awayrc file.

-F, --norcfile
    Ignore user configuration file.

-h, --help
    Display help.

-m, --message
    Execute as the remainder of the command line, effectively stripping off the executable name and additional switches.

-p, --persist
    Continue checking for new mail as long as there is at least one mailbox that has not received new mail.

-P, --nopersist
    Stop checking mail if any mailbox is found to have new mail.

-t, --time=SECONDS
    Set the number of second that away sleeps before performing its background tasks. Presently, the only background task that away will perform is the checking of mailboxes.

-T, --notime
    Ignore any options to set the time interval and use the default number of seconds.

-v, --version
    Display version information.

FILES
~/.awayrc
    Per user configuration file. See awayrc(5) for further details.
/etc/pam.d/away
    The Linux-PAM configuration file.

BUGS
Bug reports should be sent to the away mailing list <away@unbeatenpath.net>.

SEE ALSO
awayrc(5)

AUTHORS
Cameron Moore <cameron@unbeatenpath.net>, and others.