X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd588,8303dd7d2b170534 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd588,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,8303dd7d2b170534 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,8303dd7d2b170534 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,8303dd7d2b170534 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public From: boba@gagme.wwa.com (Bob Allison) Subject: Talk: How to have PERL script execute automagically for random .sig Date: 1995/04/22 Message-ID: <3nbtpi$bh6@gagme.wwa.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 101347213 approved: boba@wwa.com references: <3n301h$oh5@gagme.wwa.com> <3nbfcp$gfj@gagme.wwa.com> organization: University of Wisconsin - College of Engineering newsgroups: alt.ascii-art.animation,rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Lawrence Lim wrote: >[script cleared] >I've tried out the script... But the random effect can't appear... The >same old sig keep appearin instead of changin... >Or is the machine only choosin the same number??... hehehe... >Anyone willin to help me on this??... Thanx in advance... >And one more thing... How to I execute the script??... ie do I just place >the script in the rc file or in the login file... Or somethin else??... You execute the script by simply typing in its name in your shell, i.e.: sigscript That's it. If you want to see the changes made automagically on every post, then add the following line to your .login file: setenv NEWSPOSTER '~/sigs/sigscript\;Pnews -h %h' where ~/sigs/sigscript is the full path and name of the script. L8er... -Eric (happily using a random .sig) :> -- URL- http://www.engr.wisc.edu/~agnew (/pumpkin.html) | SP FAQ maintainer :) "In the beginning, everything was very young." -Mark M, "Aggravating Answers to Annoying Questions"