I'm attaching a patch that adds a small section to the translator_primer webpage. It describes how to combine /hurd/run and fortune to create a ~/.signature file. I pretty much copied it from one of Samuel past presentation slides.
Thanks, Joshua
diff --git a/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.mdwn b/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.mdwn index e5c8c160..0c4d520d 100644 --- a/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.mdwn +++ b/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.mdwn @@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ you remove the translator from the file "hello" via "settrans -g hello". Having done that, verify that now the file is empty again. +### Getting your Daily Fortune + +The run translator returns the result of running a program. When mounted on a filesystem node, reading from that file would return the result of executing the program. When combined with the fortune program you can create a file that will give you a different fortune every time you access it. + +$ sudo apt-get install fortune +$ settrans -c ~/.signature /hurd/run /usr/games/fortune +$ cat ~/.signature + Your lucky number has been disconnected. +$ cat ~/.signature + Don't look now, but there is a multi-legged creature on your shoulder. + + ### Transparent FTP We already setup a a transparent FTP translator for you at /ftp:
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