Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 13:37:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: terry@lambert.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: long motd files - screen pause? Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960529133653.29367o-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199605292031.NAA14277@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Wed, 29 May 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > > Soloution #2: > > > > > > > > > > Use a smaller motd. Use the UNIX 'news' package (*not* netnews) > > > > > in the /etc/csh/cshrc, et al. > > > > > > > > I'm not sure how CSUA.Berkeley.EDU does it, it's running on a > > > > Sequent machine running Dynix but would news do it? > > > > > > I'm pretty sure 'news' uses 'more'. > > > > Hmmm, how is the motd displayed like what program generates it > > upon logging in? > > /bin/login if ~/.hushlogin doesn't exist. Hmmm, so I just need to modify /bin/login to do |more when it cats the file? Vince
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