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Date:      Tue, 2 Oct 2001 05:30:21 +0200
From:      Piet Delport <siberiyan@mweb.co.za>
To:        =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren?= Neigaard <neigaard@e-box.dk>
Cc:        Lal Manavado <manavado@frisurf.no>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: motd
Message-ID:  <20011002053021.A20314@athalon.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <693064880.20010930163703@e-box.dk>
References:  <383627740.20010930135946@e-box.dk> <003701c14a08$64d72660$a96b4382@tocom> <693064880.20010930163703@e-box.dk>

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On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 at 16:37:03 +0200, S=F8ren Neigaard wrote:
> Monday, October 01, 2001, 1:33:59 AM, Lal wrote:
>=20
>>> How do I get my FreeBSD to give me a message of the day on login (I
>>> use the csh shell)?
>> If you want some interesting motd, add the fllowing line to your
>> .cshrc file:
>> fortune
>> or
>> ching
> Eeeh Each gives a "Command not found.". Do I need to set some
> environment, or?

I don't think `ching' is installed by default, and fortune probably
isn't in your path by default.

Try changing the line to `/usr/games/fortune', or alternately add
`/usr/games' to your PATH.

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Piet Delport <siberiyan@mweb.co.za>
Today's subliminal thought is:

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