Use DISPLAY to show the contents of a text file on a workstation's screen when the user logs in.
This command works best with an ASCII file. If you use DISPLAY with a word-processing file, printer and word-processing codes are displayed with the text.
DISPLAY has the following command format:
DISPLAY [path] filename
Replace path with either a drive letter or a full directory path beginning with the NetWare volume name.
Replace filename with the complete name (including the extension) of the file you want to display.
When you use DISPLAY to display the contents of a file on the screen, the exact characters in the file, including any printer and word-processing codes, appear on the workstation screen. (To display only the text and suppress codes, use FDISPLAY. See ``FDISPLAY''.
If the given directory does not exist or the file is not found, no error message appears on the screen when the user logs in.
Suppose you put messages in a file called SYSNEWS.TXT, in the directory SYS:PUBLIC\MESSAGES, and you want your users to see this file on their screens when they log in on Mondays. Add the following lines to the container login script:
IF DAY_OF_WEEK="Monday" THEN DISPLAY SYS:PUBLIC\MESSAGES\SYSNEWS.TXT END