On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 12:34:15 +0200 "Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there not a hack to get the output from a normal text line in a email > signature file? > > I would like my signature file to look like : > -- > ======================================================================= > ==== Hylton Conacher on KDE 2.1.1 on kernel 2.4.3-20mdk#1 > Registered Linux user # 229959 on Mandrake 8 on an i686 (AMD 1 Ghz K7 > mobo > echo `/usr/bin/uptime` > Licenced Windows user > Fortune cookie saying > ======================================================================= > ==== > > Surely there is a way for a text file to retrieve the uptime information > i.e. with an && before it or whatever. I do not want to have to create a > script for it but want the uptime to automatically be inserted into my > signature whenever I type a new message. > > Text file scripting guru's we need your comments. I think you either have to use a shell script and use Kmail for your MUA, or you'll have to use a cron job to write the uptime to your .sig file every X seconds. I went around with this a while back, cause I like Sylpheed better than Kmail. In Kmail I used a simple script that does exactly what you want, but Sylpheed doesn't allow you to use a script for a signature, so I forgot about it. Now I use gensig, and I suppose if I knew C I could get it to insert the uptime or some other output. Todd -- Todd Slater Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. (Mark Twain)
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