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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: fortune data file and fortune command
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Date: 23 May 91 13:20:58 GMT
References: <1991May22.215452.7261@unlinfo.unl.edu>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
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In article <1991May22.215452.7261@unlinfo.unl.edu> james@engrss2.unl.edu (James Nau) writes:
>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?

Yes.

The source code to the fortune program has been posted, and is
available from BSD as well.  You might want to acquire a copy
and examine it.
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