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From: forys@sigi.Colorado.EDU (Jeff Forys)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Suppressing the message of the day.
Message-ID: <1100@sigi.Colorado.EDU>
Date: Thu, 14-May-87 20:47:40 EDT
Article-I.D.: sigi.1100
Posted: Thu May 14 20:47:40 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 16-May-87 12:14:52 EDT
References: <15452@brunix.UUCP> <1506@uwmacc.UUCP>
Reply-To: forys@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Jeff Forys)
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
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Summary: When *what* changes??

In article <1506@uwmacc.UUCP> ejnorman@unix.macc.wisc.edu (Eric Norman) writes:
> In article <15452@brunix.UUCP> kbb@brunix.UUCP (Karl Berry.) wonders:
>
> > Is it possible to suppress the printing of the message of the day at
>
> My .login contains "make -f .hushlogin"; I only see it when it changes.

When what changes?  The file mod time or the *contents* of the file?  At
boot time, for example, BSD writes the current kernel rev into "/etc/motd".
Unless the machine comes up on a new kernel, "/etc/motd" will be the same,
but the mod time will have been changed.  If you want "/etc/motd" displayed
only when the contents change, you might use something like:

	cmp -s .hushlogin /etc/motd
	if ( $status ) then
		cat /etc/motd | tee .hushlogin
	endif
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