[lug] evolution signature script

[Zan Lynx]

On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 16:08 -0700, Jason Davis wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 15:19, John Hernandez wrote:
> > A simplistic workaround might be to call perl from bash ;)
> 
> I tried that too ... didnt work :( 
> 
> here is the script
> 
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> my $sf='signatures.txt';
> my $sd='<|||>';
> $/ = $sd;
> open FILE,$sf;
> $_ = $con[(rand(@con = <FILE>))];
> close FILE;
> chomp;
> print;
> 
> 
> my sig file looks like
> 
> sig1
> <|||>
> sig2
> <|||>
> sig 3
> 
> evo version:1.4.6-5
> 
> thanks
> jd

I noticed your script just uses 'signatures.txt' and has no error
handling.  Try using a full path name, and also put '|| die' after your
open.

I am thinking that maybe Evo isn't running in the directory that you
expect.
-- 
Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org>
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