Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 12:33:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: long motd files - screen pause? Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960529123145.29367c-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199605291734.KAA13732@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Wed, 29 May 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Greetings everyone, > > > > Does anyone know how to get the screen to pause after each page > > for long motd files? Thanks! > > Soloution #1: > > Hack /bin/login to system 'more'; then after you are > logged in, set your terminal type so login's more will > page at the right length. Wait, that won't work, since > the information is not available until after you are > logged in. 8-). Didn't think that would either... > 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? Vince
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