On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 18:25, Todd Slater wrote: > On 30 Jan 2003 15:38:01 -0700 > heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I see lots of ppl have the Fortune program make them a sig for email. > > Usually random. How do I do this or where can I go for information on > > how to do this neat trick? :) > > > > Ty > > Femme > > Here's mine:
<Snipped code.> > > The xmms-info is just to see if xmms is running and if it is it prints the > song title. > > You can create your own fortune list by putting the quotes in a file--one > per line, separated by a line with %. Then you run "strfile filename" and > it creates the .dat file for that list. So, when you call fortune, you can > specify the file you want to use. You can also decide to use a percentage > from each set you've got. For example, see all the collections in > /usr/share/games/fortunes. You could say use 80% from politics and 20% > from startrek. > > Man fortune is your friend on this one. > > Todd > > -- Thx Todd. I try to avoid Man pages b/c a good deal of info in them seems to be out of date or useless. I'll trust this one to be accurate. :) Femme
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