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| .\" Modified Sun Jul 25 11:06:22 1993 by Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu> |
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| .TH ISSUE 5 1993-07-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| issue \- prelogin message and identification file |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .I /etc/issue |
| is a text file which contains a message or |
| system identification to be printed before the login prompt. |
| It may contain various \fB@\fP\fIchar\fP and \fB\e\fP\fIchar\fP |
| sequences, if supported by the |
| .BR getty -type |
| program employed on the system. |
| .SH FILES |
| .I /etc/issue |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR motd (5), |
| .BR agetty (8), |
| .BR mingetty (8) |