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From: ccblapl@gatekeeper.ddp.state.me.us (Bruce Laplante)
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Subject: Question: What call do you make to get a random selection???
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Danni Bauer (bauer@gtetel.com) wrote:

: David S. Issel (dissel@nunic.nu.edu) wrote:

: > +------ Ryan Tucker (rtucker@worf.infonet.net) wrote: -----------
: > |
: > | If you're using "tin", there's a way to have tin randomly select a sig 
: > | out of a directory.  If anyone's interested, I can take a clip out of the 
: > | man page :-)


: Simply create a directory in your $HOME directory called  .Sig

: Any file in that directory will be in the list that tin will use
: to randomly select a signature. Also, if you create a file in your
: $HOME called  .sigfixed, that file will ALWAYS be included above
 
}snip{

OK, but what call do you make to get a random selection???
i.e: I use [ESC] :r filename.sig 

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