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QUOTED(1) quoted QUOTED(1) NAME quoted - A 'qotd' Quote Server SYNOPSIS The 'quoted' application operates as an inetd invoked server, or as a daemon (with the '-d' option), and returns a randomly selected quote from the 'quotes' file. The 'quotes' file resides in either the '/etc' or '/usr/local/etc' directory, depending upon your operating system. Normally it will reside in '/usr/local/etc'. For more information on the file system hierarchy, see hier(7). DESCRIPTION The 'qotd' service gives you a random 'Quote of the Day' from a data file 'quotes' that uses a simple text format. The 'quotes' file format separates individual quotes by a '%' on a line by itself. A final line containing a '%' marks the end of the file, though it is not required. Typically, the quotes file will look as follows: "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." Nathan Hale % "There is nothing to fear but fear itself." Franklin D. Roosevelt % "Great Spirits Have Always Encountered Violent Opposition From Mediocre Minds" Albert Einstein % c. You may add your own quotes at any point in the file provided that you maintain the same file format. Carriage returns M should be stripped out if you edit this file on a computer that adds these characters at the end of a line. USAGE quoted [-d|D][-p:port][#] where # is the optional quote number (beginning with zero) to display a spe- cific quote and -d instructs quoted to run as a daemon (do not use with inetd) and -D instructs quoted to simulate running as a daemon, but run from the console, for debugging purposes. and -p:port instructs quoted to listen on a specific port th TCP and UDP. This is only valid when either -d or -D is specified. The default port is 17 td. In 'inetd.conf' you can add the following lines to invoke 'quoted' via inetd: qotd stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/local/bin/quoted qotd dgram udp wait nobody /usr/local/bin/quoted SEE ALSO inetd(1) 1.0 22 November 2004 QUOTED(1)
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