[thelist] Fortune in Linux

[Anthony Baratta]

At 07:30 AM 2/2/2000, Ritwik Patra wrote:

>i) Getting a quote from "fortune-mod" everytime I log into
>my Linux r
>Box and

If you are using bash:

echo
if [ -f /usr/games/fortune ]; then
         /usr/games/fortune
fi
echo

Edit to where the fortune program actually exists.

>ii) Getting a quote from fortune again in the home page of
>my INTRANET
>server.

Which language do you want to do this in? I think you might be able to do
it with SSI, but you'll better luck with Perl or PHP, IMHO.
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Anthony Baratta
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