Subj : Randon displays question
To   : Rick V
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon May 19 2025 14:59:10

  Re: Randon displays question
  By: Rick V to Digital Man on Mon May 19 2025 03:02 pm

 > Hello Digital.
 >
 > 29 Sep 70 20:46, you wrote to me:
 >
 >  DM>   Re: Randon displays question
 >  DM>   By: Rick V to All on Mon May 19 2025 12:24 pm
 >
 >  >> I use the stock "random" displays when ever someone logs in. But
 >  >> when they do, 2 of the displays run, one after the other. Is there
 >  >> a setting to have just one display at the time of a login?
 >
 >  DM> There's no "setting" - when a display file includes a wildcard ('*' or
 >  DM> '?') one file matching that pattern is picked at random. That's it.
 >  DM> Double check what files you have and what pattern you're using.

 > I have the stock 8 Random*.msg display files in my text/menu directory.
 > Everytime a login happens 2 are always displayed.

That's not normal. Maybe you *also* have text/menu/logon.* files?

There's a debug-level message logged by the terminal server whenever a display file is sent to the remote client, i.e. "Printing file: x" - that can be helpful in determining file is being sent when.
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