Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Path: utzoo!censor!comspec!tvcent!lethe!druid!darcy
From: darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Subject: Re: something like motd question
Message-ID: <1991May10.235514.25515@druid.uucp>
Organization: D'Arcy Cain Consulting, West Hill, Ontario
References: <bshaw.673889495@hcmv2>
Date: Fri, 10 May 91 23:55:14 GMT

In article <bshaw.673889495@hcmv2> bshaw@hcmv2.ti.com (bob shaw) writes:
>I would like to have a file that is read when a user logs in 
>*IF* this file has been updated since it was last read by this
>user.  This file would contain specific system  news info, etc and 
>would constantly be changed by the sys_admin.

Sounds like you want news(1).  Check out the fine manual.

-- 
D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid)     |
D'Arcy Cain Consulting             |   There's no government
Toronto, Ontario, Canada           |   like no government!
+1 416 424 2871                    |