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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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