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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de), | |
2 | .\" Fri Apr 2 11:32:09 MET DST 1993 | |
3 | .\" | |
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24 | .\" | |
25 | .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:08:16 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 MOTD 5 1992-12-29 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" | |
28 | .SH NAME | |
29 | motd \- message of the day | |
30 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
31 | The contents of | |
32 | .I /etc/motd | |
33 | are displayed by | |
34 | .BR login (1) | |
35 | after a successful login but just before it executes the login shell. | |
36 | .PP | |
37 | The abbreviation "motd" stands for "message of the day", and this file | |
38 | has been traditionally used for exactly that (it requires much less disk | |
39 | space than mail to all users). | |
40 | .SH FILES | |
41 | .I /etc/motd | |
42 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
43 | .BR login (1), | |
44 | .BR issue (5) |