On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 10:39:32AM +1200, Daniel Fone wrote:
> Well, great news on the coding front. I have finished my first linux app. The
> command "quote" now outputs a random line from the text file "/etc/quotes". I
> am using this for my KMail signature so be sure to take a look down the
> bottom, it will be randomly selected each time an e-mail is sent.
Hmm.. strikes me as interested why you dont use fortune... very easy to set
up custom fortune files.
For a learning experience, I guess, this was a pretty good one.
> As you can see, I have put the quote file in /etc and I have put the binary in
> /bin. Is there any reason why I shouldn't do this? I have hardcoded the path
> to the quote file as /etc/quotes as I can't think of any better way to do it.
As has been mentioned, binary in /usr/bin, data in /var, if it's *variable*,
as in, it changes dynamically. or /usr/share/<program>/ if it's architecture
independent (text is), or /usr/lib/<program>/ if not.
Your program could also be clever, and have an option for which file, or
search in some common locations.. /usr/local/share/ /usr/share/ ~/.quote/ ?
> Also, how do I go about distributing my program? I think an RPM is *way* over
> the top and there is only one source file so a configure script is also not
> very necessary.
Just a .tar.gz with a copy of the license you chose, a Makefile, and and
example data file.
> Future releases plan to include command line arguments for adding quotes to
> your quotes file, also arguments determining the format in which the quote is
> returned.
Sounds like normal development :)
Mike.
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