fortune data file and fortune command

[James Nau]

Does anyone know what (and why?) fortune changes in the
/usr/games/lib/fortune/fortune.dat file?  It changes only the first
"line" (I think it's in the first 128 bytes).  Is it writing a counter
so that I don't see the same fortune twice?

Thanks!
James Nau

james at engrs.unl.edu

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University of Nebraska--Lincoln
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