If you're looking for something interesting for cowsay to say or have
an affinity for the motivational quotes provided on wrappers of Halls
cough drops, I put together a fortune quote-file this morning here:
https://github.com/garysweaver/pep-talk
Had a bad cold this week and was going thro
s. keeling wrote:
Peter Daum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
# dpkg -l fortune*|grep ii
ii fortune-mod1.99.1-3.1 provides fortune cookies on demand
ii fortunes 1.99.1-3.1 Data files containing fortune cookies
ii fortunes-min 1.99.1-3.1 Data files containing fortune c
Peter Daum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> # dpkg -l fortune*|grep ii
> ii fortune-mod1.99.1-3.1 provides fortune cookies on demand
> ii fortunes 1.99.1-3.1 Data files containing fortune cookies
> ii fortunes-min 1.99.1-3.1 Data files containing fortune coo
Peter Daum wrote:
Mark Allums wrote:
Peter Daum wrote:
certainly not the most critical problem, but at least on my system
(mainly Etch,
I also tried the fortune package from Lenny) doesn't work. when I
trace it, I
can see that it reads a bunch of fortue data files but that is
obviously
Mark Allums wrote:
Peter Daum wrote:
certainly not the most critical problem, but at least on my system
(mainly Etch,
I also tried the fortune package from Lenny) doesn't work. when I
trace it, I
can see that it reads a bunch of fortue data files but that is
obviously just
for it
Peter Daum wrote:
certainly not the most critical problem, but at least on my system
(mainly Etch,
I also tried the fortune package from Lenny) doesn't work. when I trace
it, I
can see that it reads a bunch of fortue data files but that is obviously
just
for its own pleasure - it
Peter Daum wrote:
certainly not the most critical problem, but at least on my system
(mainly Etch,
I also tried the fortune package from Lenny) doesn't work. when I trace
it, I
can see that it reads a bunch of fortue data files but that is obviously
just
for its own pleasure - it
Peter Daum wrote:
> certainly not the most critical problem, but at least on my system
> (mainly Etch,
> I also tried the fortune package from Lenny) doesn't work. when I trace
> it, I
> can see that it reads a bunch of fortue data files but that is obviously
> just
>
certainly not the most critical problem, but at least on my system (mainly Etch,
I also tried the fortune package from Lenny) doesn't work. when I trace it, I
can see that it reads a bunch of fortue data files but that is obviously just
for its own pleasure - it just silently exits w/o any
Martin Schulze wrote:
> Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists.
> ...
> Another way to do this is:
>
> if [ -n "$PS1" -a "$TERM" != "dumb" ]; then
> # aliases and the like for interactive use
> else
> # non-intreactive
> fi
>
> TERM=dumb is set by dumb terminal emulations suc
Bob Proulx wrote:
> s. keeling wrote:
> > Another common practice is to set PS1 in .bash_profile, then call
> > .bashrc from .bash_profile.
> > if [ ! -z "$PS1" ]; then
>
> The PS1 is set by default for interactive shells and not set for
> non-interactive shells. So the test for $PS1 works witho
Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> s. keeling wrote:
> > Another common practice is to set PS1 in .bash_profile, then call
> > .bashrc from .bash_profile.
> > if [ ! -z "$PS1" ]; then
>
> The PS1 is set by default for interactive shells and not set for
> non-interactive shells. So the test for
s. keeling wrote:
> Another common practice is to set PS1 in .bash_profile, then call
> .bashrc from .bash_profile.
> if [ ! -z "$PS1" ]; then
The PS1 is set by default for interactive shells and not set for
non-interactive shells. So the test for $PS1 works without needing to
set it. This is i
NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 02:08:02AM +0200, s. keeling wrote:
> > .bash_profile is for setting up global env vars. .bashrc is for doing
> > things for interactive ("login") sessions.
>
> this is completely different from what I understand by reading man
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 02:08:02AM +0200, s. keeling wrote:
> .bash_profile is for setting up global env vars. .bashrc is for doing
> things for interactive ("login") sessions.
this is completely different from what I understand by reading man bash
(section FILES, and also search for "INVOCATION"
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 8:08 PM, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Vikki Roemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > In my experience, I've never had fortune break scp, but maybe I've
> > just been lucky.
> >
> > But, if it does cause proble
Vikki Roemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 2:27 AM, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Angus Auld wrote:
> > > Would someone be able to advise me as to what is a
> > > safe method to add a fortune command to my .bashrc
> &g
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 2:27 AM, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Angus Auld wrote:
> > Would someone be able to advise me as to what is a
> > safe method to add a fortune command to my .bashrc
> > file so as to have fortune output in my terminal @
> &
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:27:15AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Angus Auld wrote:
> > Would someone be able to advise me as to what is a
> > safe method to add a fortune command to my .bashrc
> > file so as to have fortune output in my terminal @
> > login?
> > I&#
Angus Auld wrote:
> Would someone be able to advise me as to what is a
> safe method to add a fortune command to my .bashrc
> file so as to have fortune output in my terminal @
> login?
> I've googled this pretty extensively, and have found a
> few methods, but also warnings
>
>
> And for real technicolor stuff, hunt for the kernelnewbies fortunes
> file; selected quotes from lkml:
>
> -
> "I want you guys to look at your computer screen, imagining the worst
> monster you can (the cacodeamon from Quake will do, just make him
> hairie
Owen Townend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>An extract from my .bashrc
>
> if [ -x /usr/games/fortune ]; then
>echo; /usr/games/fortune -a; echo
> fi
>
>Also, IIRC, the default 'fortunes-mod' package includes only a single data
> file which has
>
>
> > Greetings,
> > Would someone be able to advise me as to what is a
> > safe method to add a fortune command to my .bashrc
> > file so as to have fortune output in my terminal @
> > login?
> > I've googled this pretty extensively, and have foun
--- Angus Auld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings,
> Would someone be able to advise me as to what is a
> safe method to add a fortune command to my .bashrc
> file so as to have fortune output in my terminal @
> login?
> I've googled this pretty extensively, and
On Fri April 11 2008, Angus Auld wrote:
> Would someone be able to advise me as to what is a
> safe method to add a fortune command to my .bashrc
> file so as to have fortune output in my terminal @
> login?
add these lines to your ~/.bashrc
echo
echo "fortune"
echo
fort
Greetings,
Would someone be able to advise me as to what is a
safe method to add a fortune command to my .bashrc
file so as to have fortune output in my terminal @
login?
I've googled this pretty extensively, and have found a
few methods, but also warnings that certain processes
can be brok
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 11:17:21AM -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> andy wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> Under Slackware, whenever I would open up konsole (a terminal app), so a
>> fortune would be displayed before the typical Bash prompt.
>>
>> Is there a way o
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
andy wrote:
Hi all
Under Slackware, whenever I would open up konsole (a terminal app),
so a fortune would be displayed before the typical Bash prompt.
Is there a way of setting it up under Debian so that it can do the
same thing?
Just put a call to the fortune
andy wrote:
Hi all
Under Slackware, whenever I would open up konsole (a terminal app), so a
fortune would be displayed before the typical Bash prompt.
Is there a way of setting it up under Debian so that it can do the same
thing?
Just put a call to the fortune program in ~/.bash_profile
Hi all
Under Slackware, whenever I would open up konsole (a terminal app), so a
fortune would be displayed before the typical Bash prompt.
Is there a way of setting it up under Debian so that it can do the same
thing?
TIA
Andy
--
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions,
Jude DaShiell writes:
> Linux has its problems with packet sniffers certainly; I've got the logs
> to prove it.
Would you please explain what you mean by this?
--
John Hasler
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n, 23 Apr 2006, Paul Johnson wrote:
On Saturday 22 April 2006 21:09, Michael M. wrote:
The typical Aunt Matilda Windows User is someone who hears
"virus" and opens a can of chicken soup.
How do I submit this to the fortune file?
Aunt Matilda is only vaguely aware of what an operating s
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:54:14 -0700
Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I, also, live in Aloha, only about 3 miles from the 'center of the
> universe'. I frequently pass within site of OSDL when I am out
> shopping. I wonder how many of us on this list are in the immediate local?
Not m
Michael M. wrote:
Beaverton:
http://www.bluegroup.org/
(link is dead, at least for me, but I'm pretty sure the group is still
active)
This site didn't work before, but it is, now.
-
Marc Shapiro
No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow.
What?! Look, somebody's got to
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 03:17:52PM -0700, Michael M. wrote:
> Kevin Mark wrote:
> >On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 07:19:02PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> >
> >>On Monday 24 April 2006 17:54, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I, also, live in Aloha, only about 3 miles from the 'center of the
> >>>un
Kevin Mark wrote:
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 07:19:02PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
On Monday 24 April 2006 17:54, Marc Shapiro wrote:
I, also, live in Aloha, only about 3 miles from the 'center of the
universe'. I frequently pass within site of OSDL when I am out
shopping. I wonder how
Paul Johnson wrote:
On Monday 24 April 2006 17:54, Marc Shapiro wrote:
I, also, live in Aloha, only about 3 miles from the 'center of the
universe'. I frequently pass within site of OSDL when I am out
shopping. I wonder how many of us on this list are in the immediate local?
I don't
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 07:19:02PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Monday 24 April 2006 17:54, Marc Shapiro wrote:
>
> > I, also, live in Aloha, only about 3 miles from the 'center of the
> > universe'. I frequently pass within site of OSDL when I am out
> > shopping. I wonder how many of us on
On Monday 24 April 2006 17:54, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> I, also, live in Aloha, only about 3 miles from the 'center of the
> universe'. I frequently pass within site of OSDL when I am out
> shopping. I wonder how many of us on this list are in the immediate local?
I don't know. It would be intere
On 4/24/06, Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I, also, live in Aloha, only about 3 miles from the 'center of the
> universe'. I frequently pass within site of OSDL when I am out
> shopping. I wonder how many of us on this list are in the immediate local?
>
> --
> Marc Shapiro
I feel t
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:34:05 -0500
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 18:21 -0700, Raquel Rice wrote:
> > On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:54:14 -0700
> > Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Michael M. wrote:
> > >
> [snip]
> >
> > I grew up in Hillsboro several
On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 18:21 -0700, Raquel Rice wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:54:14 -0700
> Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Michael M. wrote:
> >
[snip]
>
> I grew up in Hillsboro several years ago. I'm going back for our
> (mumble-mumble)-year high school reunion in August. I a
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:54:14 -0700
Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael M. wrote:
>
> >
> > Well, my mom asked me what a "blog" was a few months ago because
> > she heard some newsmodels talking about blogs on TV. So I
> > guess these things can filter down eventually. But she li
Michael M. wrote:
Well, my mom asked me what a "blog" was a few months ago because she
heard some newsmodels talking about blogs on TV. So I guess these
things can filter down eventually. But she lived in Hillsboro, one
town west of Beaverton, and I daresay she had not heard of Linux. My
On Monday 24 April 2006 15:42, Michael M. wrote:
> Now Nike and Intel, on the other hand ... everyone here knows them!
Now if both companies were forced to hire people locally instead of hiring
people from out of state or on H1B's, we would be getting somewhere...
--
Paul Johnson
Email and IM (
Paul Johnson wrote:
On Saturday 22 April 2006 21:09, Michael M. wrote:
Aunt Matilda is only vaguely aware of what an operating system is, and has
no idea that any alternatives exist.
Give Aunt Matilda some credit. Odds are if she watches Star Trek or pays any
attention to the evenin
On Saturday 22 April 2006 21:09, Michael M. wrote:
> The typical Aunt Matilda Windows User is someone who hears
> "virus" and opens a can of chicken soup.
How do I submit this to the fortune file?
> Aunt Matilda is only vaguely aware of what an operating system is, and has
the end :
> > > it looks like a bug related to localisation (fortune tries to open a
> > > file named "fr_FR.UTF ..." instead of a real file). Indeed for this
> > > system I had the funny idea to ask for encoding of all files in UTF-8
> > > instead of iso-
On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 08:15:52PM +0200, Aurélien Campéas wrote:
> Le mardi 31 mai 2005 à 16:09 +0200, Aurélien Campéas a écrit :
> [...]
> > a lot of crap here, but look at the last stat64 syscalls near the end :
> > it looks like a bug related to localisation (fortune tries
Le mardi 31 mai 2005 à 16:09 +0200, Aurélien Campéas a écrit :
[...]
> a lot of crap here, but look at the last stat64 syscalls near the end :
> it looks like a bug related to localisation (fortune tries to open a
> file named "fr_FR.UTF ..." instead of a real file). Indeed for
Le mardi 31 mai 2005 à 14:52 +0100, Lee Braiden a écrit :
> On Tuesday 31 May 2005 14:41, Aurélien Campéas wrote:
> > if (stat(file, &staat) == 0)
> > default:
> > perror("fortune: bad juju in is_existant");
> > exit(1);
> > D
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 14:41, Aurélien Campéas wrote:
> if (stat(file, &staat) == 0)
> default:
> perror("fortune: bad juju in is_existant");
> exit(1);
> Do someone knows a tool to expose the call graph of a C program ?
The easiest w
Le mardi 31 mai 2005 à 19:54 +0700, Dave Patterson a écrit :
> >
> > I consider fortune to be the most important unix app ever written
>
> So do I (well, at least one of the most). Let us know what you did to fix it.
>
The crappy string is in fortune.
>
> I consider fortune to be the most important unix app ever written
So do I (well, at least one of the most). Let us know what you did to fix it.
--
Regards, Dave
try again
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
Le mardi 31 mai 2005 à 11:59 +0100, Lee Braiden a écrit :
> On Tuesday 31 May 2005 11:50, Aurélien Campéas wrote:
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fortune
> > > > fortune: bad juju in is_existant: Permission denied
> > It's a real error.
> >
> > It
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 11:50, Aurélien Campéas wrote:
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fortune
> > > fortune: bad juju in is_existant: Permission denied
> It's a real error.
>
> It is not corrected even by purging/reinstalling the package.
Ahh. Are you in the games gro
Le mardi 31 mai 2005 à 10:46 +0100, Lee Braiden a écrit :
> On Tuesday 31 May 2005 10:42, Aurélien Campéas wrote:
> > I realize that since a few days, fortune does not work any more. Like
> > this:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fortune
> > fortune: bad juju
On 5/31/05, Lee Braiden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 31 May 2005 10:42, Aurélien Campéas wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fortune
> > fortune: bad juju in is_existant: Permission denied
>
> Are you getting that continuously, every time you run it? Becau
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 10:42, Aurélien Campéas wrote:
> I realize that since a few days, fortune does not work any more. Like
> this:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fortune
> fortune: bad juju in is_existant: Permission denied
Are you getting that continuously, every time you run it?
Dear list,
I realize that since a few days, fortune does not work any more. Like
this :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fortune
fortune: bad juju in is_existant: Permission denied
I am the only one affected ?
Thanks.
**
This email and
Hi,
I created a new database containing 12259 german epigrams/adages (Deutsche
Sprichwoerter). It is based on the collection of Karl Simmrock " Die
deutschen Sprichwoerter".
Because I do not know where to put it else so you can get
the tar archieve from:
http://www.oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de/alt
* Pascal Hakim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040526 10:37]:
> I'm the maintainer of fortune. The package with the binary is known as
> fortune-mod.
My hero!
I get a fortune on every new terminal I'm opening ;)
> Fortune has indeed been in /usr/games/ for ages for as long as
On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 05:45:16PM +0200, Alexander Schmehl wrote:
> * Bob Tilley (AT&T) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040525 14:17]:
>
> > It was now located "whereis fortune" at "/usr/games/fortune".
> > "/usr/games" was added to my PATH
* Bob Tilley (AT&T) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040525 14:17]:
> It was now located "whereis fortune" at "/usr/games/fortune".
> "/usr/games" was added to my PATH system-variable by "PATH=
> $PATH:/usr/games" and normal functioning of fortu
On my Knoppix/Debian unstable system and using aptitude
for installation, "fortune" functioned normally when
installing only the basic packages.
After installation of fortune-off, fortune-mod, and other
collections of fortunes, fortune became unknown ("Unrecognized
c
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 20:29:02 +0200,
Mark Annandale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi Guys
>
> Could someone explain to me how to add 'fortune' onto the end of my
> signature file. My signature is obtained from 'output
Hi Guys
Could someone explain to me how to add 'fortune' onto the end of my signature
file. My signature is obtained from 'output of command > cat sig', however
adding && fortune to the end of cat sig produces and error -
Failed to execute signature script
ca
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 06:39:54PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote:
> [/usr/games/fortune now works as expected]
dpkg -L is a nice trick. also, try -S 'filename' if you want to know
what package owns a particular file.
> I looked before and did not see this directory. Neither did
I don't know if this will help but fortune installs to
/usr/games/fortune with apt-get. My only other thought is that you
might do a updatedb before you try and locate fortune...but that is a
long shot.
Hope that helped
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 09:51, David Turetsky wrote:
> I ran apt-get
Package 'fortune is not installed
A list is directories is then rendered starting with
/.
/usr
/usr/games
/usr/games/fortune
[/usr/games/fortune now works as expected]
[more directory listings]
Package 'fortune-min' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 09:51:32AM -0500, David Turetsky wrote:
> I ran apt-get install fortune from the debian 3.0r1 (woody) CDs and a
> bunch of relateds
>
> were installed. Meanwhile I can't find 'fortune' anywhere, just a bunch
> of related
you sure it&#
I ran apt-get install fortune from the debian 3.0r1 (woody)
CDs and a bunch of relateds
were installed. Meanwhile I can’t find ‘fortune’
anywhere, just a bunch of related
files (/usr… fortunes, riddles, etc)
--
David
On 31 Mar 2001 12:24:02 -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Mario Vukelic wrote:
> > I can't run fortune anymore:
(...)
>
> Well according to the source this means that a stat() of some file did
> not return true, and the errno was not ENOENT or ENOTDIR. stat(2) lists
> some
Mario Vukelic wrote:
> I can't run fortune anymore: It's been like that for some weeks in
> woody, but I guess it's happened only to me, since there are no
> references to "juju" in the mailing list archive. If I run fortune on
> the cmd line, I get the erro
Hi,
I can't run fortune anymore: It's been like that for some weeks in
woody, but I guess it's happened only to me, since there are no
references to "juju" in the mailing list archive. If I run fortune on
the cmd line, I get the error given in this mail's subject
Tolga KILICLI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> Hi,
> Do you know how to add random fortunes to the .signature file. (each mail
> with different .signature ?)
>
One of the following packages may answer your needs:
Package: signify
Version: 1.06-1
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Maintain
have a look at sigrot, afair it's avalaible debianized.
hth,
&rw
On Fri, 07 Apr 2000 15:05:02 +0300, Tolga KILICLI writes:
>
>Hi,
>Do you know how to add random fortunes to the .signature file. (each mail
>with different .signature ?)
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Quoting Tolga KILICLI ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> Do you know how to add random fortunes to the .signature file. (each mail
> with different .signature ?)
See the thread Help about Pine (yesterday?).
Cheers,
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Snail: David
Hi,
Do you know how to add random fortunes to the .signature file. (each mail
with different .signature ?)
thanks,
tk..
On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 02:07:59PM -0500, Jon Marler wrote:
> All of a sudden, my fortune "game" started saying this ...
>
> "fortune: no place to put residual probability (0%)"
>
> I am using fortune 9708-15 from potato.
>
> Any help would be ap
All of a sudden, my fortune "game" started saying this ...
"fortune: no place to put residual probability (0%)"
I am using fortune 9708-15 from potato.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Jon
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Please copy me as I am not a member of the list.
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Ingo Reimann wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 12:01:41PM +1000, Dan Everton wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 05:02:44PM -0500, Robert Rati wrote:
> > > For some reason, when I run fortune I get this message:
> > >
> > > fortune: no
On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 12:01:41PM +1000, Dan Everton wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 05:02:44PM -0500, Robert Rati wrote:
> > For some reason, when I run fortune I get this message:
> >
> > fortune: no place to put residual probability (0%)
> >
> > This hap
On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 05:02:44PM -0500, Robert Rati wrote:
> For some reason, when I run fortune I get this message:
>
> fortune: no place to put residual probability (0%)
>
> This happened after I ran the newest wine which caused a kernel panic. I
> had to do a hard reboot
For some reason, when I run fortune I get this message:
fortune: no place to put residual probability (0%)
This happened after I ran the newest wine which caused a kernel panic. I
had to do a hard reboot to get the syatem back. Does anyone know why this
is happening or how to fix it
On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Stef Hoesli Wiederwald wrote:
> > case $- in
> > *i*) # interactive shell only
> > echo "\n"
> > fortune -a
> > echo ""
> > ;;
> > esac
>
> Hm, this gives me an
> Illegal
> case $- in
> *i*)# interactive shell only
> echo "\n"
> fortune -a
> echo ""
> ;;
> esac
Hm, this gives me an
Illegal variable name.
error...
Stef
c/profile: system-wide .profile file for bash(1).
>
> PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games"
> PS1="\\$ "
>
> export PATH PS1
>
> umask 002
> /usr/bin/check-sendfile
> echo "\n"
> fortune -a
> echo ""
in/X11:/usr/games"
PS1="\\$ "
export PATH PS1
umask 002
/usr/bin/check-sendfile
echo "\n"
fortune -a
echo ""
# /etc/csh.cshrc: system-wide .cshrc file for csh(1)/tcsh(1).
# $Id: csh.cshrc,v 1.4 1998/06/05 21:04:02 luisgh Exp $
# Getting a consistent keyboard
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stef Hoesli Wiederwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Since I put these lines
>
>echo "\n"
>fortune -a
>echo ""
>
>in /etc/profile and /etc/csh.cshrc, less gives me a fortune and the
>newlines instead of the
esspipe.sh. just remove the environment variables
> $LESSOPEN from your /etc/profile and/or /etc/csh.cshrc .
>
> or create a lesspipe.sh anywhere in your $PATH like this:
But why was there no lesspipe.sh already? Anyway: I did what you said,
and I don't have the lesspipe.sh error message
On Fri, Dec 11, 1998 at 02:45:26PM +0100, Stef Hoesli Wiederwald wrote:
> lesspipe.sh: Command not found.
>
>
> When I take out the three lines from /etc/csh.cshrc, I still get this
> lesspipe.sh: Command not found. error message, but after that the
> contents of the file are displayed.
>
> Wha
Since I put these lines
echo "\n"
fortune -a
echo ""
in /etc/profile and /etc/csh.cshrc, less gives me a fortune and the
newlines instead of the contents of a file:
sos:~> less ei
The two party system ... is a triumph of the dialectic. It showed that
two could be o
On Wed, Nov 11, 1998 at 08:23:39AM -0600, J.L.M. wrote:
> :-) In time, with much care and attention paid it, Linux MIGHT begin to
> love you.
Gee, all this talk about fortunes and we wind back up with a variation
of... "Unix is user friendly... It is just picky about its friends."
--
On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Kent West wrote:
> > #!/bin/sh
> > makefortune .blahsig
> > cp .blahsig .signature
> > joe (or your favorite editor here)
--.signature.sh--
#!/bin/bash
echo "
--
James
http://ssdd.conservatory.com
&& fortune -s |fmt
#&& fort
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there a[n easy] way to set up your signature file in Pine so that a
> different fortune is sent with each signature? (I've come to realize that
> with Linux, yes, it's possible, because you can do just about anything,
> bu
On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Steve Lamb wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 1998 at 12:53:40AM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> > I got to thinking There may be a way to concatenate the signature file
> > and the output of fortune into a new (temporary) signature file so that
> > the new temp sig
On Wed, Nov 11, 1998 at 12:53:40AM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> I got to thinking There may be a way to concatenate the signature file
> and the output of fortune into a new (temporary) signature file so that
> the new temp sig file would be used by Pine. But I don't yet know
On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Kent West wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
>
> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Kent West wrote:
> >
> > > 1) Does the filter run before I compose the message? In other words,
&g
On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
>
> On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Kent West wrote:
>
> > 1) Does the filter run before I compose the message? In other words,
> > should I be able to see the fortune in my sig below right now as
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