issue(4)                                                    issue(4)


       NAME
             issue - issue identification file

       DESCRIPTION
             The file /etc/issue contains the issue or project
             identification to be printed as a login prompt.  issue is an
             ASCII file that is read by program getty and then written to
             any terminal spawned or respawned from the lines file.

             The contents of the file will be written to the terminal,
             except for each instance of a replaceable token, denoted by
             the use of the % character. Each token found in the file, when
             written to the terminal, will be replaced with the appropriate
             string, as follows:

                   %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

       EXAMPLE
             The 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

       FILES
             /etc/issue

       REFERENCES
             login(1), uname(1)



                           Copyright 1994 Novell, Inc.               Page 1