Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 02:29:32 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Jarrod Meyer <jarrodm@webmail.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: referencing in files Message-ID: <20050301102931.GA11779@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20050301102238.4546B1FFD89@overport.cybertek.co.za> References: <20050301102238.4546B1FFD89@overport.cybertek.co.za>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 12:22:37PM +0200, Jarrod Meyer wrote: > > > Just a quick question, is there a way to tell a normal text file (for > instance: /etc/motd) to get a value from another file when it displays? And > what would be the syntax if this is possible? Thank you to whomever replies. No, a text file is just a dumb string of bits :-) The program that displays it (e.g. login(1)) might be smarter though, it depends what you want to do. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCJEQLWry0BWjoQKURAulOAJ91UCpyu5/4kHnf9skW+AYd2qowdACeO/jj x/xx0EXBG7GvSwSwiqxJ7bI= =k5H/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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