Kevin B. O'Brien ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

[...] 
> 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. 
Actually, the file is a binary file with a header so fortune can read
it randomly, IIUC. Which is why its smaller.

> So
> now it is saying that it cannot find any fortunes.
is your file setup like this?

%
quote 1
%
quote 2
%
quote 3
%

if so, then could you post the output of the terminal results? 
maybe shed some more light (yeah I'm reaching now)

> 
> 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.
> 
Thats cool, glad it went well.

-- 
RickS
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