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Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 07:13:46 +0300
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramidi@otenet.gr>
To: jcouch@netdoor.com
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: fortune
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On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 10:13:41PM -0500, Jim Couch wrote:
> It's a silly little thing, but I would really like to run the fortune program 
> at login......
> I can't seem to find it. I did find an Italian version but......
> could someone please point me in the right direction???

There are many ways to do this.  One of them, which assumes you have the
sources installed, could be:

. Compile and install `fortune'.

	# cd /usr/src/games/fortune
	# make
	# make install

. Put in your shell startup file a line that executes `fortune'
  (that is, if it's not already in there).

	% cat >> .login
	test -x /usr/games/fortune && /usr/games/fortune

Add what fortune options you feel like adding to this last line :-)

--giorgos


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