Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!darrelj From: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer) Newsgroups: net.bugs.uucp Subject: Re: .hushlogin Message-ID: <886@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Mar-84 09:34:37 EST Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.886 Posted: Thu Mar 8 09:34:37 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Mar-84 10:56:26 EST References: <257@apollo.uucp> <906@qubix.UUCP> Reply-To: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer) Organization: System Development Corporation, Santa Monica Lines: 17 We have a locally written version of .hushlogin called .supressmotd which works as follows: If the write date of the message of the day is older than your previous login, you see instead the contents of the file ~/.supressmotd (mine contains the line "No new message of the day!" If the write date says it's new, you see motd. Thus, if you log in frequently, you avoid most of the redundant chatter. If you want to find out how this was done, try "sdcrdcf!glenn" -- Darrel J. Van Buer, PhD System Development Corp. 2500 Colorado Ave Santa Monica, CA 90406 (213)820-4111 x5449 ...{allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,sdccsu3,trw-unix}!sdcrdcf!darrelj VANBUER@USC-ECL.ARPA