README.md (1849B)
1 Here lies a Fortune file which can be used with a simple Unix program called Fortune. 2 3 Requirements 4 ------------ 5 In order to use this program you will need to see if your operating system supports downloading the fortune unix program. 6 7 Installation 8 ------------ 9 MacOS: 10 1. brew install fortune (You can get the brew command by downloading homebrew, a macOS package manager. https://brew.sh/) 11 2. If no evanalba.dat file exists in the fortune directory you have downloaded, then: 12 % strfile fortunes/evanalba 13 3. % rm *.dat /opt/homebrew/Cellar/fortune/9708/share/games/fortunes 14 to remove all the existing .dat files of the Fortune program. If you ever want the existing fortune files in your directory to be included, just: 15 % strfile /opt/homebrew/Cellar/fortune/9708/share/games/(Name of fortune file to create .dat file for it) 16 Example: % strfile /opt/homebrew/Cellar/fortune/9708/share/games/startrek 17 4. % cp fortune/evanalba fortune/evanalba.dat /opt/homebrew/Cellar/fortune/9708/share/games/fortunes 18 5. Now, enter the following command whenever you want to get a fortune: 19 % fortune 20 21 OpenBSD: 22 1. If no evanalba.dat file exists in the fortune directory you have downloaded, then: 23 % strfile fortunes/evanalba 24 2. % rm *.dat /usr/share/games/fortune/* 25 to remove all the existing .dat files of the Fortune program. If you ever want the existing fortune files in your directory to be included, just: 26 % strfile /usr/share/games/fortune/(Name of fortune file to create .dat file for it) 27 Example: % strfile /usr/share/games/fortune/startrek 28 3. % cp fortune/evanalba fortune/evanalba.dat /usr/share/games/fortune/ 29 4. Now, enter the following command whenever you want to get a fortune: 30 % fortune 31 32 Linux-based Operating System: 33 Follow the OpenBSD instructions and read the man pages on fortune to see where your fortune directory is located at in your system.