---
name: "sigrot"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sigrot"
version: "1.2-1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sigrot"
---

# sigrot(1)

.signature file rotator

## NAME

sigrot - .signature file rotator

## SYNOPSIS

**sigrot \[-r \| -on \| -off \| rand\] \[\[-w \| -a\]** *filename***\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**sigrot** allows multiple *.signature* files to be stored in one "archive" file.  Each time **sigrot** is called, it gets the next signature from the "archive" file and copies it into the *.signature*.

The first time you use sigrot, you will need a file containing multiple  signatures.  Each signature should be seperated by a single blank line.  Only a linefeed character, and no other white space charaters may be on  this line. (If you should like to have a blank line appear in a  signature, you could add a white space character to the line so sigrot  knows that the following lines are part of the same signature.) Just type:

**sigrot -w** *filename*

Now type  **sigrot** and check the *.signature* file to see if **sigrot** successfully copied the first signature from the archive file.

You may delete  *filename* later, or move it, it is longer needed by sigrot.  Sigrot makes its own  copy of the file.

You may find it annoying to constantly have to type **sigrot** to get the next signature.  You may prefer to have it run automatically  each time you run your mail program.  To do this you can write a simple  script file.  For instance, I use **pine** to read my mail, so I would make a script called  **pine** in my home dir. (Or anywhere in my path before the actual location of the  **pine** program.)  Such as:

**#!/bin/sh**

**sigrot**

**/usr/bin/pine**

## OPTIONS

- \-o filename

  Overwrite signature archive with *filename*.

- \-a filename

  Append *filename* to the end of the signature archive.

- \-r

  Restores the previous signature archive.

- \-off

  Turns off the use of the signature archive file. ( *preffix* and *suffix* files, if they exist, will still be written to the  *.signature* file.)  Be careful with this command.  I added it at the last moment.   While it works just fine, if you were to use the -w or -a parameters  after -off, you will lose the previous signature archive.  So be sure to  turn the signature archive -on before using -w or -a.

- \-on

  Turns use of the signature archive file back on. (-r parameter would  perform the same function.)

- \-rand

  Selects a random quote from the archive.  (Can be slower than the default, which is simply to select the next quote in order.)

## FILES

*~/.sigrot*

Per user directory conaining all of **sigrot's** files.

*~/.sigrot/sig\_archive*

Archive file containing all of the signatures. (Each signature seperated  by a BLANK line)

*~/.sigrot/next*

File containing an integer, which is the number of the next signature  to copy from the archive file.

*~/.sigrot/prefix*

Optional file.  The contents of this file will appear at the beginning of  every  *.signature* file that is written.

*~/.sigrot/suffix*

Optional file.  The contents of this file will appear at the end of every *.signature* file that is written.

## BUGS/FEATURES

The signature entries in the source file must each be seperated by a  BLANK line.  This blank line cannot contain any other white-space characters.

## AUTHOR

Christopher Morrone \<cmorrone@udel.edu\>