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From: garyc@hobbes.wv.tek.com (Gary Combs)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Should login xterms show /etc/motd?
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Date: 20 Jul 90 15:19:03 GMT
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Reply-To: garyc@hobbes.wv.tek.com (Gary Combs)
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 Here is how I do it. I call a shell script 'checkmotd' from my .x11start
 file. This in turn calls another shell script 'Motd'.

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checkmotd:

#!/bin/sh
if [ ! -f $HOME/.motd ]
then
        touch $HOME/.motd
        xterm -geometry 70x24+110+120 -title "Message Of The Day" -fn
LucidaV2RT
14 -e /usr/local/bin/Motd &
else
        whic="`ls -lt /etc/motd $HOME/.motd`"
        file="`echo $whic | awk ' { print $9 } '`"
        if [ "$file" = "/etc/motd" ]
        then
                touch $HOME/.motd
                xterm -geometry 70x24+110+120 -title "Message Of The
Day" -fn Lu
cidaV2RT14 -e /usr/local/bin/Motd &
        fi
fi

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Motd:

#!/bin/sh
cat /etc/motd
echo "Press return when done reading ..."
read ans







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Gary Combs
Tektronix, Inc
VSG Technical Marketing Support
(503)685-2072
garyc@shamu.wv.tek.com
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