Le Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 06:36:01PM +0200, Joey Schulze a écrit : > Charles Plessy wrote: > > I was just pointed out on a mailing list that having a motd.tail(5) > > manpage may be more relevant than putting Debian-specific information > > in a general manpage. My opinion on this is neutral, but if you want, > > I can submit such a page (in man or docbook format). > > Please provide motd.tail(5) instead (in manpage/roff format, of course) > since it's a totally Debian specific addition/change. I'll add a note > to motd(5) then.
Hi, I attached a proposed manpage for motd.tail(5). Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wako, Saitama, Japan
.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 28 Apr 2007 21:20:25 Asia/Tokyo .\" .\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or .\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as .\" published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of .\" the License, or (at your option) any later version. .\" .\" The GNU General Public License's references to "object code" .\" and "executables" are to be interpreted as the output of any .\" document formatting or typesetting system, including .\" intermediate and printed output. .\" .\" This manual is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, .\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the .\" GNU General Public License for more details. .\" .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public .\" License along with this manual; if not, write to the Free .\" Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, .\" USA. .\" .TH MOTD.TAIL 5 2007-04-28 "Debian" "Debian Administrator's Manual" .SH NAME motd.tail \- Template for building the system message of the day .SH DESCRIPTION On Debian systems, the system message of the day is rebuilt at each startup, in order to display an accurate information. \fI/etc/motd.tail\fP is the file to edit permanent changes to the message of the day. .SH OVERVIEW The initiation script \fI/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh\fP prepends a line containing information about the system to \fI/etc/motd.tail\fP and stores the resulting file in \fI/var/run/motd\fP. \fI/etc/motd\fP is a symbolic link to \fI/var/run/motd\fP (the system can not assume /etc to be writable). .SH FILES /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh .RS 3n The initiation script which builds /var/run/motd .RE /etc/motd .RS 3n Symbolic link to the system message of the day .RE /etc/motd.tail .RS 3n Template for building the system message of the day .RE /var/run/motd .RS 3n System message of the day file rebuilt at each computer start .RE .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR login (1), .BR issue (5), .BR motd (5)
