Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 20:24:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /etc/motd summary Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409082015130.41256@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmonjQiC9xbanh-w19n2QcLLn8w1gwF7jvv470xQd0DyV9g@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409081223060.15689@wonkity.com> <540E18ED.1070003@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409081519070.43238@wonkity.com> <540E2410.30404@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409081609310.43238@wonkity.com> <CAJ-VmonR2yf7AOkB3b-796AK0oHgiyyz8MGNfK2MyfmUkBvH5g@mail.gmail.com> <20140909004624.GA24341@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <CAJ-VmonjQiC9xbanh-w19n2QcLLn8w1gwF7jvv470xQd0DyV9g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 8 Sep 2014, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 8 September 2014 17:46, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 05:25:31PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>> for maximum bikeshed: what about adding a 'motd' command that, I >>> dunno, re-displays the motd? :P >> >> How would someone who didn't know about /etc/motd ever find that? > > Putting "Type 'motd' to see this information again" in the motd. Or leave it the way it is, /etc/motd is just a file that is displayed, but instead of dumping it to stdout, interpret some kind of markup in it. That's relatively high overhead considering the layout will still be limited to 80x24. We'd probably be better off leaving it as is and moving most of the information to a man page, say support(1), which is mentioned by /etc/motd.
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