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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de), |
2 | .\" Fri Apr 2 11:32:09 MET DST 1993 | |
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25 | .\" Modified Sun Jul 25 11:06:22 1993 by Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu> |
26 | .\" Modified Mon Oct 21 17:47:19 EDT 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | |
27 | .TH ISSUE 5 1993-07-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" | |
28 | .SH NAME | |
01d0a447 | 29 | issue \- prelogin message and identification file |
fea681da | 30 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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31 | The file |
32 | .I /etc/issue | |
33 | is a text file which contains a message or | |
c13182ef | 34 | system identification to be printed before the login prompt. |
31a6818e | 35 | It may contain various \fB@\fP\fIchar\fP and \fB\e\fP\fIchar\fP |
c13182ef | 36 | sequences, if supported by the |
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37 | .BR getty -type |
38 | program employed on the system. | |
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39 | .SH FILES |
40 | /etc/issue | |
47297adb | 41 | .SH SEE ALSO |
27334eaf | 42 | .BR motd (5), |
a61776a4 | 43 | .BR agetty (8), |
27334eaf | 44 | .BR mingetty (8) |