The "randquote" Module (v4)

Description

This module allows random quotes to be sent to users when they connect to the server.

Configuration

To load this module use the following <module> tag:

<module name="randquote">

<files> & <execfiles>

This module extends the core <files> and <execfiles> tags with the following fields:

Name	Type	Default Value	Description
quotes	Text	None	The file to read or command to execute to obtain the quotes text.

Example Usage

Obtains the quotes by reading quotes.txt:

<files ...
       quotes="quotes.txt">

Obtains the quotes by executing curl https://www.example.com/quotes.txt:

<execfiles ...
           quotes="curl https://www.example.com/quotes.txt">

<randquote>

The <randquote> tag defines settings about how the randquote module should behave. This tag can only be defined once.

Name	Type	Default Value	Description
file	Text	quotes	The file path or name of the field in <files> / <execfiles> to use when reading the quotes.
prefix	Text	None	If defined then text to prefix quotes with when sending them to a user.
suffix	Text	None	If defined then text to suffix quotes with when sending them to a user.

Example Usage

<randquote file="quotes"
           prefix=""
           suffix="">