fortune-v1i0

# Blosxom Plugin: fortune
# Author(s): Jason Thaxter <sseye@ahab.com>
# Version: 1.0
# Documentation: See the bottom of this file or type: perldoc fortune

package fortune;

# --- Configurable variables -----

# fill this in with the location of fortune if it's not in the usual one found
# below
my $fortune_binary = '';

# --------------------------------

$fortune; # use as $fortune::fortune in flavour templates

# the customary location
$fortune_binary ||= '/usr/games/fortune';

sub start {
 $fortune = `$fortune_binary`;
}

__END__

=head1 NAME

Blosxom Plug-in: fortune

=head1 SYNOPSIS

Populates $fortune::fortune with the output of the C<fortune> program, found on
many Un*x machines.  If it's not in C</usr/games/fortune>, then you will need
to know where it is.

=head1 VERSION

Version 1.0


=head1 AUTHOR

Jason Thaxter <sseye@ahab.com>, http://ahab.com/

=head1 SEE ALSO

Blosxom Home/Docs/Licensing: http://www.raelity.org/apps/blosxom/

Blosxom Plugin Docs: http://www.raelity.org/apps/blosxom/plugin.shtml

=head1 BUGS

Address bug reports and comments to the Blosxom mailing list
[http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/blosxom] or to the author.

=head1 LICENSE

Blosxom and this Blosxom Plug-in
Copyright 2003, Jason Thaxter

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copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
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