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Hi Jarrod,
what I think you could do is to make a script to automatize the whole procedure.
This script would update both the "text file" and the /etc/motd.

Since /etc/motd is a plain text file and not a shell script or
something like that, you cannot do what you will with a command
directly in it.


On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 02:29:21 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:43:13AM +0200, Jarrod - Cybertek wrote:
> > First, thanks. What I just wanted to try out is to have my /etc/motd updated
> > automatically from a changing value in another text file. So that way I
> > wouldn't have to update both every time. No way for that? Thanks.
> 
> You keep going around in circles saying the same thing.  Be specific.
> What, *precisely* do you want your motd to do?
> 
> Kris
> 
> 


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