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From: andre@targon.UUCP (Andre van Dalen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: something like motd question
Message-ID: <1746@targon.UUCP>
Date: 16 May 91 21:22:42 GMT
References: <bshaw.673889495@hcmv2>
Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Informationsystems BV.,SWZ, Vianen, the Netherlands.
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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.

You could add something like this to /etc/profile,
put your message in the file /etc/new_motd, . in the next lines
is the users home directory, which is where his shell starts.
(This example uses /bin/sh as login shell.)


if [ -n "`find /etc/new_motd -newer . -print`" ]
then
  cat /etc/new_motd
  touch .
fi

	hope this helps,
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