Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:02:05 +0200 From: "Jarrod - Cybertek" <jarrod@cybertek.co.za> To: "'Kris Kennaway'" <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: referencing in files Message-ID: <20050302110159.E6E2F1FFC6D@overport.cybertek.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20050302102921.GA92791@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Ok sorry. Precisely. I have a file (actually a script, sorry) that has a lot of the settings for a client in, eg IP addresses, interface they connect on etc. and I use the motd to keep all this together, just to make things easier when I log into my server. Now I want the motd to update (if at all possible) to the settings in this file when I change it. Maybe a script IS the only way to go. Here is an example: Say i have a file /root/setup.client.sh, and it has this line: IFACE=ng10 Now I want to have the motd, when it is displayed after login, to go fetch the current value of that IFACE, and display that value. Is it a bit clearer? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jarrod Meyer | Technical | C Y B E R T E K Tel: 031-2075287 Fax: 031-2082210 E-mail: jarrod@cybertek.co.za Website: www.cybertek.co.za > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Kris Kennaway > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 12:29 PM > To: Jarrod - Cybertek > Cc: questions@freebsd.org; 'Kris Kennaway' > Subject: Re: referencing in files > > 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
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