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 ~ Somewhere, just out of sight, the unicorns are gathering ~ ~ discussing the faithful mail sorting program: /dev/null ~ ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
