SIGROT(1) User Manuals SIGROT(1)NAMEsigrot - .signature file rotator
SYNOPSISsigrot [-r | -on | -off] [[-w | -a] filename]
DESCRIPTIONsigrot allows multiple .signature files to be stored in one "archive"
file. Each time sigrot is called, it gets the next signature from the
"archive" file and copies it into the .signature.
The first time you use sigrot, you will need a file containing multiple
signatures. Each signature should be seperated by a single blank line.
Only a linefeed character, and no other white space charaters may be on
this line. (If you should like to have a blank line appear in a signa‐
ture, you could add a white space character to the line so sigrot knows
that the following lines are part of the same signature.) Just type:
sigrot-w filename
Now type sigrot and check the .signature file to see if sigrot success‐
fully copied the first signature from the archive file.
You may delete filename later, or move it, it is longer needed by
sigrot. Sigrot makes its own copy of the file.
You may find it annoying to constantly have to type sigrot to get the
next signature. You may prefer to have it run automatically each time
you run your mail program. To do this you can write a simple script
file. For instance, I use pine to read my mail, so I would make a
script called pine in my home dir. (Or anywhere in my path before the
actual location of the pine program.) Such as:
#!/bin/sh
sigrot
/usr/bin/pine
OPTIONS-o filename
Overwrite signature archive with filename.
-a filename
Append filename to the end of the signature archive.
-r Restores the previous signature archive.
-off Turns off the use of the signature archive file. ( preffix and
suffix files, if they exist, will still be written to the .sig‐
nature file.) Be careful with this command. I added it at the
last moment. While it works just fine, if you were to use the
-w or -a parameters after -off, you will lose the previous sig‐
nature archive. So be sure to turn the signature archive -on
before using -w or -a.
-on Turns use of the signature archive file back on. (-r parameter
would perform the same function.)
FILES
~/.sigrot
Per user directory conaining all of sigrot's files.
~/.sigrot/sig_archive
Archive file containing all of the signatures. (Each signature
seperated by a BLANK line)
~/.sigrot/next
File containing an integer, which is the number of the next sig‐
nature to copy from the archive file.
~/.sigrot/prefix
Optional file. The contents of this file will appear at the
beginning of every .signature file that is written.
~/.sigrot/suffix
Optional file. The contents of this file will appear at the end
of every .signature file that is written.
BUGS/FEATURES
The signature entries in the source file must each be seperated by a
BLANK line. This blank line cannot contain any other white-space char‐
acters.
AUTHOR
Christopher Morrone <cmorrone@udel.edu>
Linux NOVEMBER 1995 SIGROT(1)
