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From: james@engrss2.unl.edu (James Nau)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: fortune data file and fortune command
Summary: what's it changing?
Keywords: suid bin fortune command
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Date: 22 May 91 21:54:52 GMT
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Does anyone know what (and why?) fortune changes in the
/usr/games/lib/fortune/fortune.dat file?  It changes only the first
"line" (I think it's in the first 128 bytes).  Is it writing a counter
so that I don't see the same fortune twice?

Thanks!
James Nau

james@engrs.unl.edu

College of Engineering
University of Nebraska--Lincoln
W181 Nebraska Hall
Lincoln, NE  68588-0501