Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 10:42:36 +0000 From: Pietro Cerutti <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: referencing in files Message-ID: <e572718c050302024230261b6a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050302102921.GA92791@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20050302075746.GA60502@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050302094308.007AE1FFC6C@overport.cybertek.co.za> <20050302102921.GA92791@xor.obsecurity.org>
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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 > > -- Pietro "Piter" Cerutti <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com> <piter@beansidhe.ch> Beansidhe - SwiSS Death / Thrash Metal <www.beansidhe.ch> Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming or what?"
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