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"N. Raghavendra" <raghu@mri.ernet.in> writes:

> using strfile(8)

fyi, the emacs lisp reference manual in cvs emacs, node "Bindat Examples",
has code that does cookie file composition and extraction in elisp (i.e.,
emulating the common-case behaviors of fortune(1) and strfile(8), rendering
them unnecessary).

thi