Most programs that read a signature file can also call a program instead
(I do it in pine all the time, mutt can do it too). Alternatly, instead
of having a normal file for you .signature, you could try making it a
named fifo, then just write a program to stuff it with your signature data
everytime it's read from. (the first option is by far the easiest if your
client supports it)
--Nick
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Julian M Catchen wrote:
> Ok, I have a question that will either be answered really easily, or not
> answered at all:
>
> Is there a way to have your email signature file generated dynamically?
> What I mean by that is not simply a program that regenerates it every so
> many minutes as a cron job, but a mechanism that would regenerate it
> whenever the file is opened for reading. So, kind of like the /proc
> filesystem where files appear to be real, they can be read or written to,
> but in reality they are functions that are executing whenever the proc file
> is opened for reading or writing.
>
> If this is possible, then all standard mail programs could use this dynamic
> file without changes.
>
> So, any takers (or am I totally off with this)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> julian
>
>
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