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   Hello Sean!   
      
   ** 05.10.19 - 23:39, Sean Dennis wrote to Janis Kracht:   
      
    SD>Hi Janis,   
      
    JK>>   I use a bash script I wrote ages ago to   
    JK>> 'print' the fidogazette to the echo, create the   
    JK>> archive, make the reports in   
    JK>> the 'zine, and hatch it out.. it all looked like greek to me :)   
      
    SD>When I switched my BBS over to ArcaOS from Slackware, I rewrote a lot of   
    SD>my scripts from bash over to REXX..   
      
    SD>I have found that my curiosity about writing scripts has helped me   
    SD>immensely in many things, not only just BBSing, but working in IT in   
    SD>general.  It's nice to know how to automate some rather boring and   
    SD>mindless tasks :)   
      
   That is probably one of the most common reasons why operating a bbs has     
   attracted many of us (myself included) into the hobby.  Using the tools to     
   build automated processes, watching it all operate and tracking down bugs,     
   served us as the puzzle-solvers that we ultimatley are.   
      
      
     ../|ug   
      
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