issue(4)
issue --
issue identification file
Description
The file /etc/issue contains the issue or project identification
to be printed before a login prompt.
The port monitor,
ttymon(1M),
(or the obsolete program
getty(1M))
interprets issue and writes
the contents to the terminal.
The following replaceable tokens, denoted by the
use of the ``%'' character, may be used:
%m-
machine name (same as uname -m)
%n-
node name (same as uname -n)
%r-
release name (same as uname -r)
%s-
system name (same as uname -s)
%v-
version name (same as uname -v)
%%-
produces a ``%'' character
Files
/etc/issue
References
getty(1M),
login(1),
ttymon(1M),
uname(1)
Examples
An issue file might contain the following:
This is system %n,
running UNIX System V Release %r Version %v
If the system's name were cloud, the release 4.2 and the
version 1, a user would see the following before being
prompted for a login:
This is system cloud,
running UNIX System V Release 4.2 Version 1
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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004