[LI] HELP: Fortune

[Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Suresh,

You need to use the strfile program to convert the properly-formatted
ASCII fortune file into the .dat format.

Regards,

-- Raju

>>>>> "Suresh" == Suresh Ramasubramanian <r.suresh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Suresh> Hi, I want to have fortune read from a set of quotes I
    Suresh> have - and also to edit some of the current fortune quote
    Suresh> files for errors (grammatical, factual etc).  However,
    Suresh> there's a hassle (see below).  Pointers appreciated --
    Suresh> those beyond "man fortune" that is :)

    Suresh> On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, thus spake Syed Khader Vali:

    >> Hi there, I don't think there is a utility to make fortune
    >> quotes, but the only thing you might need to add a % before and
    >> after each quote and put it in the fortunes directory. Maybe
    >> you should post the query on LI for more info.

    Suresh> Won't work - there's a .dat file for each fortune quote
    Suresh> file.  How do you build the .dat file (which is what
    Suresh> fortune reads)?

    >> HTH Regards Khader
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