* An ongoing debate between Maurice Kinal and Ben Ritchey rages on ...   
      
    MK>   echo "MSGID: 1:393/68 $(printf "%08x" $(date +%s))"   
    MK> Does that look usable for a MSGID generator on your end?  Won't take   
      
   So far I have in MSGTEST.SH:   
      
   === Cut ===   
   echo "2 68 38 393 261 0 0" | \   
     perl -e 'while(<>) {@myarray = split(/ +/, $_);};\   
       print pack("S*", @myarray);' >partial.msg   
   echo -ne "AREA:TUXPOWER\x0d" >>partial.msg   
   echo -ne "\x01Stinkin'_kludges\x0d" >>partial.msg   
   echo -ne "\x01MSGID: 1:393/68 $(printf "%08x" $date +%s))\x0d" >>partial.msg   
   === Cut ===   
      
   but I get an error (line 6: printf: +%s: invalid number) when I run it :( I   
   added the \x01, \x0d and redirect append to it ;-)   
      
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