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Date:      Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:51:57 +0000
From:      John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk>
To:        newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fortunes
Message-ID:  <8i7ntuc59paav9b133p84ivv2s7tlbn71g@4ax.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021120133328.GB699@gothmog.gr>
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Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:

>fortune(6) is not a port.  It's in the base system.
>
>> > I also would like to know where the freebsd-tips hints file is.
>>
>>     no idea.
>
>	% cd /usr/src/games/fortune/datfiles
>	% ls -ld freebsd-tips
>	-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  - 17213 Nov 16 17:09 freebsd-tips
>
Also, you can install the games part of the base distribution via
/stand/sysinstall.  Choose Post install Configuration, Distributions, Games.

The whole thing is only about 5Mbytes, 3.5M of which is fortune data files.
To get a fortune from freebsd-tips simply type 'fortune freebsd-tips'.

I find it rather soothing to use the xscreensaver program in StarWars mode
which simulates the Star Wars film intro graphics, but with text from the
fortune database :)

--=20
John.

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