CONFIRM UTILITY


  This program is for the questioning of users to particular items.  The 
program is installed with SYSPRV so that the protection on the files can 
disallow world access and keep users from messing with them.  The message
files and the .YES and .NO files should have world read access.  This program 
is normally executed at login from SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]SYLOGIN.COM.


                              CONFIRM QUALIFIERS


     /FILE_NAME

  This qualifier tells the program what the file name is for the .YES and
.NO extensions and must be used.  Do not place the extention on the command 
line.


     /MESSAGE_FILE

  This qualifier tells the program what file will be displayed as the 
"confirming" message using .MSG as the extension.  Do not place the extention
on the command line.


     /USER=username

  This qualifier allows another username instead of the current user's name.
SYSPRV privelege must be set on to run with this qualifier.


     /DELETE

  This qualifier allows user to delete current username or another when used
with the /USER qualifier.  SYSPRV privelege must be set on to run with this 
qualifier.


     /LOG

  This qualifier will log the user off if the user answers 'NO' to the 
condition displayed by the program.


     /YES

  This qualifier will still prompt the user even if the user has previously
answered no, until there is a response in confirm.YES file.




NOTES CONCERNING THE .MSG FILE:

Write message out in the .MSG file first with no more than 80 characters to a
line and then add control characters for video display attributes after you
have modified the file to your liking.  Each page of the .MSG file displayed on
the terminal is 18 lines long. 





                                 CONFIRM FILES


The program is located under DSK1:[UTILITIES.CONFIRM].  The files associated
with this program are CONFIRM.FOR (source), CONFIRM.EXE (executable),
CONFIRM.CLD (command definition), CONFIRM.HELP (System Manager's HELP file that
is not designed for the user community), the .MSG (message file), .YES (users 
that answer yes), and .NO (users that answer no) are located by manager's 
choosing.