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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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