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  quoted

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    quoted - A 'qotd' Quote Server

  SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
    The 'quoted' application operates as an inetd invoked server, or
    as a daemon (with the '-d' option), and returns a randomly selec-
    ted 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 hier-
    archy, see hier(7).

  DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN

    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
    % 
    (etc.)

    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.


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

    where

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

    and

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

    and

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

    and

    --pp::ppoorrtt instructs quoted to listen on a specific port (both TCP
    and UDP).  This is only valid when either -d or -D is specified.
    The default port is 17 (qotd).


    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

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    inetd(1)
  

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