Thanks a lot for the help. I will try it out on my system. Robin
---- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] How do I release my IP number? > On Tuesday, Oct 23, 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > This question is directed to Paul Cox, and is completely unrelated to the > > original topic. I am sending thought the mailing list since someone maybe > > wondering the same thing. My question is about the kernel and uptime on > > Paul's signature, I assume that is generated automatically (don't think > > anyone would go through the trouble to add and update it every time a > > message is sent 8) ). Is that done with a certain mail client or it can be > > done with any mail client? and how? TIA. > > I think you emailed me about this, but I accidently deleted your > message. =) Anyway, it's a perl script that appends it to my .signature > file, and then that's piped into my mail client's signature (I use > Mutt). It's easier than it sounds. The original script (attached as > uptime.bak.pl) I got from Vincent Danen. I then modified it (attached > as uptime.pl) to make it display a little differently. It can also > write out the completed sig to a file, but that's currently commented > out, so you'll have to uncomment it. Then you can just run it in a cron > job every 5 mintues or something. > > Oh, and my setting for Mutt (to be but in your muttrc): > set signature='~/bin/uptime.pl ~/.signature|' > > If you have any other questions, just let me know. > > -- > Paul Cox <paul at coxcentral dot com> > Kernel: 2.4.8-26mdk - Uptime: 2 days 22 hours 42 minutes. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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