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.\" $NetBSD: motd.5,v 1.2 1994/12/28 18:58:53 glass Exp $
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.\" This file is in the public domain.
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.Dd February 13, 1997
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.Dt MOTD 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm motd
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.Nd file containing message(s) of the day
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The file
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.Pa /etc/motd
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is normally displayed by
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.Xr login 1
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after a user has logged in but before the shell is run.
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It is generally used for important system-wide announcements.
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During system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is
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prepended to this file.
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.Pp
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Individual users may suppress the display of this file by
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creating a file named
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.Dq Pa .hushlogin
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in their home directories or through
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.Xr login.conf 5 .
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1997-02-13 18:03:23 +00:00
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width $HOME/.hushlogin -compact
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.It Pa /etc/motd
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The message of the day.
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.It Pa $HOME/.hushlogin
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Suppresses output of
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.Pa /etc/motd .
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Bd -literal
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FreeBSD 2.1.6.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 1996
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/home is full. Please cleanup your directories.
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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1998-06-23 04:39:35 +00:00
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.Xr login 1 ,
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.Xr login.conf 5
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