pvo@uther.CS.ORST.EDU (Paul V O'Neill) (05/30/89)
This reminds my of my longest, unanswered UN*X question. Around day 1 of my exposure to UN*X I chanced upon the fortune(6) usage blurb. It ended with the sentence: Mail suggested fortunes to "fortune" (Replicate with "/usr/games/fortune -" in SunOS 3.4, 3.5, 4.0 or 4.0.1) I've learned a lot since then, and manage a few systems now, but I never have figured out how to mail a fortune to fortune(6). (Only tried the obvious--aliasing "fortune" to "|/usr/games/fortune" -- didn't work.) Anybody got a clue? Paul O'Neill pvo@oce.orst.edu Coastal Imaging Lab OSU--Oceanography Corvallis, OR 97331 503-754-3251
chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) (05/31/89)
In article <10868@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> pvo@uther.CS.ORST.EDU (Paul V O'Neill) writes: -... fortune(6) usage blurb. It ended with the sentence: - Mail suggested fortunes to "fortune" -(Replicate with "/usr/games/fortune -" in SunOS 3.4, 3.5, 4.0 or 4.0.1) - -I've learned a lot since then, and manage a few systems now, but I never -have figured out how to mail a fortune to fortune(6). (Only tried the -obvious--aliasing "fortune" to "|/usr/games/fortune" -- didn't work.) - -Anybody got a clue? The `fortune' alias on ucbvax forwards to Ken Arnold (see the AUTHOR section of manual entry, unless it has been deleted by your vendor). New fortunes are added manually, after approval. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris
ambar@ora.UUCP (Jean Diaz ) (06/01/89)
In article <10868@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>, pvo@uther.CS.ORST.EDU (Paul V O'Neill) writes: > > Around day 1 of my exposure to UN*X I chanced upon the fortune(6) usage > blurb. It ended with the sentence: > Mail suggested fortunes to "fortune" > > I've learned a lot since then, and manage a few systems now, but I never > have figured out how to mail a fortune to fortune(6). (Only tried the > obvious--aliasing "fortune" to "|/usr/games/fortune" -- didn't work.) Actually, I believe the answer is even simpler than that. Don't forget that fortune(6) came out of Berkeley. Mail to "fortune" was aliased to go to the human maintainer of the fortunes file, who adds the fortune by hand. (This is what we do at MIT Project Athena as well.) AMBAR ambar@ora.uu.net {uunet,adelie}!ora!ambar