[UFO Chicago] create your own fortune db?

[Ruben Safir]

On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 04:46:45PM +0100, Nick Moffitt wrote:
> Brian Sobolak:
> > As part of a project I'm completing, I would like to create my own
> > fortune database to populate with quotes I've collected.  Has anyone
> > ever come across a fortune howto?  My searches have been unsuccessful.
> 
> There's not much to it.  Separate your fortunes with "\n%\n" and run
> strfile on the fortune file to generate the index.  The FHS location
> that the fortune program looks in these days is
> /usr/share/games/fortunes/.
> 
> My system has the fortune files up for browsing on the Web:
> 
> 	http://zork.net/~sneakums/fortunes/
> 

strfile is also good for creating achives for mailing lists.

Ruben

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