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From: boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au (Boyd Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Forcing actions at login
Message-ID: <1991@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au>
Date: 15 Jan 91 00:09:56 GMT
References: <6153@ecs.soton.ac.uk> <446@minya.UUCP> <1991Jan10.191546.268@am.sublink.org> <1991Jan13.231048.25341@NCoast.ORG>
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In article <1991Jan13.231048.25341@NCoast.ORG> allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) writes:
>
>$ sed -n 6,10p /etc/profile
>if test ! -f $HOME/.hushlogin; then
>    if newer-than /etc/motd $HOME/.enoughalready; then
>	cat /etc/motd
>	touch $HOME/.enoughalready
>    fi
>fi

But Brandon, where's the test on:

    "$HOME/.i-really-don't-want-to-see-the-motd-ever!"

I just don't think you've got enough complexity in your solution.


Boyd Roberts			boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au

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