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QUOTED(1) quoted QUOTED(1)

quoted - A ´qotd´ Quote Server

The ´quoted´ application operates as an inetd invoked server, or as a daemon (with the ´-d´ option), and returns a randomly selected quote from the ´quotes´ file. The ´quotes´ file resides in either the ´/etc´ or ´/usr/local/etc´ directory, depending upon your operating system. Normally it will reside in ´/usr/local/etc´. For more information on the file system hierarchy, see hier(7).

The ´qotd´ service gives you a random ´Quote of the Day´ from a data file ´quotes´ that uses a simple text format. The ´quotes´ file format separates individual quotes by a ´%´ on a line by itself. A final line containing a ´%´ marks the end of the file, though it is not required.

Typically, the quotes file will look as follows:

"I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
 Nathan Hale
%
"There is nothing to fear but fear itself."
 Franklin D. Roosevelt
% 
"Great Spirits Have Always Encountered Violent Opposition From
 Mediocre Minds"
 Albert Einstein
% 
c.

You may add your own quotes at any point in the file provided that you maintain the same file format. Carriage returns M should be stripped out if you edit this file on a computer that adds these characters at the end of a line.

quoted [-d|D][-p:port][#]

where

# is the optional quote number (beginning with zero) to display a specific quote

and

-d instructs quoted to run as a daemon (do not use with inetd)

and

-D instructs quoted to simulate running as a daemon, but run from the console, for debugging purposes.

and

-p:port instructs quoted to listen on a specific port th TCP and UDP. This is only valid when either -d or -D is specified. The default port is 17 td.

In ´inetd.conf´ you can add the following lines to invoke 'quoted' via inetd:

qotd  stream  tcp nowait  nobody  /usr/local/bin/quoted
qotd  dgram   udp wait    nobody  /usr/local/bin/quoted

inetd(1)

22 November 2004 1.0

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