Use FDISPLAY to show the text of a word-processing file on a workstation's screen when the user logs in.
To display both the text and the printer and word-processing codes of a file, or to display an ASCII file, see ``DISPLAY''.
FDISPLAY has the following command format:
FDISPLAY [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 FDISPLAY to display the contents of a word-processing file on the screen, the text in the file is filtered and formatted so that only the text itself is displayed. FDISPLAY does not display tabs.
If the given directory does not exist or if 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 FDISPLAY SYS:PUBLIC\MESSAGES\SYSNEWS.TXT END