CF: the finger (was Re: CF: the map-editor)

["Pertti Karppinen (OH6KTR)" <pjka@cc.jyu.fi>]

On Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 08:19:53PM -0800, Mark Wedel wrote:
>  It could be - if no one is on a remote server, might as well play on a local
> server.  So it is certainly a case where having people on the server is likely
> to make more people use it, etc.

I think it would be great idea to make a finger like (or qstat ala quake) utility
with which one could check out the status of a remote server, without actually
connecting with a client. Server maintainers could also write some info
about the server (like local maps used, general policies etc.) as optional
output of the program.

Shouldn't be too hard to implement to server???
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