[2218] in Athena Bugs
setting /etc/motd from /etc/rc
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (geer@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue May 9 22:28:38 1989
From: <geer@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 9 May 89 22:28:04 EDT
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
where: RTPC 6.2A & others
what: /etc/rc cannot reset /etc/motd
why: /etc/rc relies on /usr/ucb/tail which is not
available at boot time
fix:
*** /etc/rc Wed Apr 26 08:53:37 1989
--- /tmp/rc.new Tue May 9 22:24:27 1989
***************
*** 374,383 ****
# Put the system version string in /etc/motd
! if [ -f /usr/ucb/tail ]; then
echo -n "Editing /etc/motd: " >/dev/console
! /usr/ucb/tail -1 /etc/version > /tmp/t1
! /usr/ucb/tail +2 /etc/motd >> /tmp/t1
mv /tmp/t1 /etc/motd
chmod 644 /etc/motd
echo "done." >/dev/console
--- 374,383 ----
# Put the system version string in /etc/motd
! if [ -f /bin/awk ]; then
echo -n "Editing /etc/motd: " >/dev/console
! /bin/awk '{ prev = $0 } END { print prev }' /etc/version > /tmp/t1
! /bin/awk '{ if ( NR > 1 ) print }' /etc/motd >> /tmp/t1
mv /tmp/t1 /etc/motd
chmod 644 /etc/motd
echo "done." >/dev/console
