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| author | mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-02-13 18:03:23 +0000 |
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| committer | mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-02-13 18:03:23 +0000 |
| commit | deedd1a7686cac10c7f7e55c95b947fb5ddc04a2 (patch) | |
| tree | de55487fdea834559dfb417beaa47e76f55ebd36 /share/man/man5/motd.5 | |
| parent | 84b25955088dee4ea79e0a1c288b904a1d3d2a6b (diff) | |
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Add motd(5).
Obtained from: NetBSD
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diff --git a/share/man/man5/motd.5 b/share/man/man5/motd.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..afada8e --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man5/motd.5 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: motd.5,v 1.2 1994/12/28 18:58:53 glass Exp $ +.\" +.\" This file is in the public domain. +.\" +.Dd February 13, 1997 +.Dt MOTD 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm motd +.Nd file containing message(s) of the day +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The file +.Pa /etc/motd +is normally displayed by +.Xr login 1 +after a user has logged in but before the shell is run. +It is generally used for important system-wide announcements. +During system startup, a line containing the kernel version string is +prepended to this file. +.Pp +Individual users may suppress the display of this file by +creating a file named +.Dq Pa .hushlogin +in their home directories. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width $HOME/.hushlogin -compact +.It Pa /etc/motd +The message of the day. +.It Pa $HOME/.hushlogin +Suppresses output of +.Pa /etc/motd . +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Bd -literal +FreeBSD 2.1.6.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 29 03:08:31 PST 1996 + +/home is full. Please cleanup your directories. +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr login 1 |
