> > 2. I want to get some of fortunne sayings for my kmail .sig 
> file. If I 
> > said /usr/games/fortune >sigfile - and ran fortune about 50 times, 
> > would it appent to the sigfile each time or overwrite it, 
> if so, how do 
> > I just make it append to the file?
> 
> /usr/games/fortune >> sigfile
> 
> > overwrites
> >> appends
>  

Hey - that's cool! You would want more than a fortune, so you could

echo "Fortune for the day:" > sigfile
/usr/games/fortune >> sigfile
echo "--- see my webpage at http://whatever" >> sigfile

The first line erases the sig file and replaces it, the next two add to it.

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