referencing in files

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 12:22:37PM +0200, Jarrod Meyer wrote:
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> Just a quick question, is there a way to tell a normal text file (for
> instance: /etc/motd) to get a value from another file when it displays? And
> what would be the syntax if this is possible? Thank you to whomever replies.

No, a text file is just a dumb string of bits :-)

The program that displays it (e.g. login(1)) might be smarter though,
it depends what you want to do.

Kris
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