NOTE: I can't get this to work with Ximian Evolution.

my script looks like this

echo - James A. Peltier
echo - Site-FX Networking
echo - Web   : http://www.site-fx.net
echo - E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
echo
/usr/bin/uptime

when I compose a message it just shows the script and not the result.

On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 07:38, Olly P wrote:
> On Thursday 21 March 2002 07:36, Hylton...typed:
> > How do I get the signature to show the total uptime of the system as
> > well as how many users there are? I would assume with the uptime
> > command but do not know the syntax to use from reading the uptime man
> > page.
> >
> --------------------------------------
> Thursday 21 March 2002
> 
> Here is a piece of a message I ripped from Tom to do mine with 
> Hylton...
> 
> .............................
> 
> Tom Said:
>     You can create a text file and 'chmod -x' it to run any suitable
> executable, eg, /usr/bin/uptime.  I do this with kmail by making my
> sig
> executable and placing   /usr/games/fortune  in it as the last line.
> So
> while it probly varies with email clients, it should be easy to do.
> 
>   my sig:
> echo  ____Tom Brinkman _________________ South Texas, USA_____
> echo
> /usr/games/fortune
> 
> ............................
> here is my complete executable file in /home/olly/sigprog 
> .......
>    #this is a ollymade sig file for e-mail
> echo Olly P......... Biloxi  Mississippi  ----   Linux MDK 8.0 and
>  echo  2.4.3-20 mdk     Kmail 2.1.1
> echo ATX Plll 600mhz Asus CUBX ...384m PC133ram
> echo
>  /usr/games/fortune
> 
>  echo
>  /usr/bin/uptime
> ...........
> just put the path to this script in your kmail...
> here is the result ...neat huh?
> pay attention to (echo)
> -----------------------------
> 
> -- 
> Olly P......... Biloxi Mississippi ---- Linux MDK 8.0 and
> 2.4.3-20 mdk Kmail 2.1.1
> ATX Plll 600mhz Asus CUBX ...384m PC133ram
> 
> Thu Mar 21 10:36:30 EST 2002
> 
> taxidermist, n.:
>       A man who mounts animals.
> 
>  10:36am  up 1 day,  4:19,  2 users,  load average: 0.07, 0.03, 0.00
> 
> ----
> 

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