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  From: justin@tardis.mx.com.au
  To  : Toby Corkindale <tjcorkin@steadycom.com.au>
  Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 20:37:31 +1030 (CST)

Date kludges (was Re: gpm)

> (PS. I've got an idea about your wierd date thing.
> Firstly - why not put something in your startup script that sets your
> year forward by 3 years (or even better, adjusts the date to an online
> time server.), and then have your shutdown script reset the date back to
> 1996? That way, you could post to the list, and still seem like you're
> Y1.999K compliant ;)

Yes this sort of thing works well.

I have a script run from init which on bootup copies my SO's Netscape
bookmarks from the Windows paritition into the appropriate place, and does
the same in reverse on shutdown. A symlink didn't seem to work, but this
solution is much cooler :-)

The standard 'date' command has the ability to do this +- thing - I say go
for it!

	- Justin

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