On Sat, 2006-02-11 at 20:00 -0500, RickSisler wrote: > Kevin B. O'Brien ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > At 06:41 PM 2/11/2006, RickSisler said something remarkably like (but > > somehow subtly different from): > > >Kevin B. O'Brien ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > >[snip] > > >> >> Assuming you save this file as "myquotes," > > >> >> just point fortune to it: > > >> >> > > >> >> $> fortune /path/to/myquotes > > >> >> He who laughs last laughs loudest > > >> > > >> OK, I tried this, but when I run my script I get the error that my > > >> database is not a fortune database. I had to run the strfile command > > >> as root, and I tried running my script as root just to see if that > > >> made any difference, bit it didn't. Any idea where this went wrong? > > >> > > >> Thank you, > > >Kevin, > > >Does it work on the command-line ? > > > > No, running it on the command-line is how I could see the error > > message. In Evolution, the script simply does not produce the tag > > line, but does not tell you why. > > > > >pls, could you post the script ? > > > > #!/bin/bash > > echo "<br>" > > echo "-- <br>" > > echo -e "Kevin B. > > O'Brien TANSTAAFL\n<br>[EMAIL PROTECTED]<br>Registered > > Linux user #333216<br>" > > echo > > /usr/games/fortune /home/kevin/Signatures/kobtagline.dat > Hi Kevin, > point fortune to the actual file with the qoutes > like this instead: > > /usr/games/fortune /home/kevin/Signatures/kobtagline > > Try that 8) > as an example: > > $ fortune qoutes2 > "Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom." - General > George Patton > > $ fortune qoutes2.dat > fortune:/home/ricks/bin/qoutes2.dat not a fortune file or directory > No fortunes found > >
Rick, I don't know how many ways I can screw this up, but now I discover that the strfile command is creating an empty file. I start with a file that is over 19K large, and the output is a file that is 32 Bytes. So now it is saying that it cannot find any fortunes. On the positive side, I have moved all of my mail over to the Linux box. The sig below is being generated by a script that calls fortune, but I am using the built-in data files instead of my own. So that is some progress at least. Thank you again for all of your help. -- Kevin B. O'Brien TANSTAAFL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user #333216 That must be wonderful: I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
