Very Computer

        I have the "fortune" program installed on my Linux Slackware
2.0.29.  It works just great.  My only problem is that I want to add some
text for it.  Looking at the files it uses, they seem to be plain text
delimited by a % on a new line.

        However, how do I get the fortune program to use an additional
text file?  Apparently a .dat file goes with each text file containing
data.  Do I need one of these, too?

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"There are three kinds of people in this world: those who can count and
                          those who can't."

:       However, how do I get the fortune program to use an additional
: text file?  Apparently a .dat file goes with each text file containing
: data.  Do I need one of these, too?

Look for "strfile" and execute it with strfile (mytextfile). On my
box, strfile was installed in /usr/sbin (meaning it wasn't in the default
path of Joe User). strfile will then create a .dat file that can be
used with fortune.

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