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From: Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de>
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To: Alexander Anderson <a.anderson@utoronto.ca>
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Hi Alexander,
> If you have kernfs(5) mounted, `head -1 /kern/version` is something you
> might want to have in your /etc/motd. But it's up to you, really. :)


At least in 4.1.1 the default in /etc/defaults/rc.conf is:

update_motd="YES"       # update version info in /etc/motd (or NO)

which should do this automagically for you.

Ciao
Siegbert


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