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From: Stefan Alexei Lasiewski <gangrel@rahul.net>
Subject: REQ: .sig changer for UNIX
Date: 1996/11/09
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Hi All!

I'm looking for hints on how to make a .sig changer script for UNIX. I'm
working in C and Korn shells, so a script working under either shell can
work. Basicly, I'd like the script to change my script every time I log in
(Or even better, randomly change every time I post an article/email a
message). I haven't found any FAQ's on this...

I know this sounds like a job for PERL, and I actually do have the
'sigrandom' PERL program, but I know very little of the language (But I'm
learning), and cannot figure out how to get it to work on my system.

So, does anyone have any hints suggestions on making a script. Here's the
only version I can get to work... any hints or suggegstions would be
appreciated.

cp $HOME/.sig/sig8 $HOME/.signature
cp $HOME/.sig/sig7 $HOME/.sig/sig8
cp $HOME/.sig/sig6 $HOME/.sig/sig7
cp $HOME/.sig/sig5 $HOME/.sig/sig6
cp $HOME/.sig/sig4 $HOME/.sig/sig5
cp $HOME/.sig/sig3 $HOME/.sig/sig4
cp $HOME/.sig/sig2 $HOME/.sig/sig3
cp $HOME/.sig/sig1 $HOME/.sig/sig2
cp $HOME/.signature $HOME/.sig/sig1

Rudementary, but it works. Basically... I have 8 files named sig1-sig8 in
a directory named .sig. I want a different file to be copied as
$HOME/.signature every time I log in.


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