begin quoting Rick Funderburg as of Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 08:16:30AM -0700: > On 3/21/07, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Each day, I'm required to agree to the same Terms of Use. At least I > >want to make sure that it is the same. So what I do each time is > >highlight the entire text of it, open the editor, paste it, and save it > >as fula. I wrote a simple bash script to compare the two files, and > >another simple bash script to delete fula (so that the next time I tell > >the editor to save as fula, it doesn't ask me "Are you nutz? Are you > >*sure* you want to over write the one you already have?"). > > If the terms are always at the same url, you could automate the > process by using wget or curl in your script to get the file. You may > even be able to use the HTTP builtin modification detection mechanisms > instead of a diff (for example, see the curl -z flag), if that suits > your needs.
Of course, that defeats the purpose of examining the EULA that he was presented with each time. The appropriate solution, I think, would be to use a proxy or a plugin that tracks specific data-elements against a reference file, and then markup/hilight the deltas in the display to the user. -- The computer should do the tedious and boring tasks. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
