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Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30?

4 pointsby jlardinoisover 7 years ago

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rrauenzaover 7 years ago
Here&#x27;s the commit from 2011:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;git.savannah.nongnu.org&#x2F;cgit&#x2F;man-db.git&#x2F;commit&#x2F;src&#x2F;man.c?id=002a6339b1fe8f83f4808022a17e1aa379756d99" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;git.savannah.nongnu.org&#x2F;cgit&#x2F;man-db.git&#x2F;commit&#x2F;src&#x2F;ma...</a><p><pre><code> 1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions diff --git a&#x2F;src&#x2F;man.c b&#x2F;src&#x2F;man.c index 1978329..48af3c0 100644 --- a&#x2F;src&#x2F;man.c +++ b&#x2F;src&#x2F;man.c @@ -1154,8 +1154,16 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) debug (&quot;\nusing %s as pager\n&quot;, pager); - if (first_arg == argc) + if (first_arg == argc) { + &#x2F;* http:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;#!&#x2F;marnanel&#x2F;status&#x2F;132280557190119424 *&#x2F; + time_t now = time (NULL); + struct tm *localnow = localtime (&amp;now); + if (localnow &amp;&amp; + localnow-&gt;tm_hour == 0 &amp;&amp; localnow-&gt;tm_min == 1) + fprintf (stderr, &quot;gimme gimme gimme\n&quot;); + gripe_no_name (NULL); + } section_list = get_section_list ();</code></pre>