something like motd question

[Tom Christiansen]

>From the keyboard of bshaw at hcmv2.ti.com (bob shaw):
:This is probably a very "basic" question .
:
:What I am looking for is something like /etc/motd.
:
:I would like to have a file that is read when a user logs in 
:*IF* this file has been updated since it was last read by this
:user.  This file would contain specific system  news info, etc and 
:would constantly be changed by the sys_admin.

One approach is to put  'make -f .hushlogin' in users' .login
files, where this file contains the following:

    all: .hushlogin

    .hushlogin: /etc/motd
	    @$${PAGER-less} /etc/motd
	    @touch .hushlogin


--tom
--
Tom Christiansen		tchrist at convex.com	convex!tchrist
		"So much mail, so little time."