Forcing actions at login

[J{rvinen Markku]

Tom> Why write C code?  I think this is portable (though, admittedly, ugly):

I agree, no one-use programs to my bin.

Tom> if test ! -f $HOME/.hushlogin; then
Tom>     /bin/find /etc/motd -newer $HOME/.enoughalready -exec cat {} \; 2>/dev/null
Tom>     touch $HOME/.enoughalready
Tom> fi

Well I have allways liked my own solution, just have (looooonngg line)

find /etc/motd -newer ${HOME}/.hushlogin -exec cat {} \; -exec touch ${HOME}/.hushlogin \; -o ! -newer ${HOME}/.hushlogin -exec head -1 {} \;

in your .login, just one find which shows /etc/motd or first line of it
depending have you seen it already.

Tom> Tom Fitzgerald   Wang Labs        fitz at wang.com

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Quote: UNIX systems always run in one state or another.
         - RISC/os (UMIPS) System Administrator's Guide
Markku Jarvinen, last a with two dots over it | Tampere University of Tecnology
address: mta@{cc.,}tut.fi or ..!mcsun!tut!mta | Tampere, Finland