I'm getting the following error:

$ fortune
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Python27\Scripts\fortune-script.py", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('fortune==1.0', 'console_scripts', 'fortune')()
  File "c:\Python27\lib\site-packages\fortune-1.0-py2.7.egg\fortune\__init__.py", line    282, in main
    sys.stdout.write(get_random_fortune(fortune_file))
  File "c:\Python27\lib\site-packages\fortune-1.0-py2.7.egg\fortune\__init__.py", line 186, in get_random_fortune
    data = pickle.load(fortuneIndex)
EOFError

I'm on Windows (Msysgit). I'm using your fortune's database files.

hugo.delacruz@DELLE6430HUGO ~
$

error: Couldn't find a setup script in /tmp/easy_install-6K1u0m/grizzled-python-1.0.3.linux-x86_64.tar.gz

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/bin/fortune", line 6, in
from fortune import main
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/fortune/init.py", line 178
print('Missing fortune file.', file=sys.stderr)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
[root@lisiliang-test-vm13-237 data]# fortune /usr/share/games/fortunes/chinese.dat
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/bin/fortune", line 6, in
from fortune import main
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/fortune/init.py", line 178
print('Missing fortune file.', file=sys.stderr)
^

modify this row to " print('Missing fortune file.')
resolved

I installed the program via pip and downloaded your fortune cookies.
Now I can easily run fortune path/to/file and even fortune $FORTUNE_FILE as displayed on the screenshot. However, a good simple fortune fails to find the variable.

This is how I set the variable on my $PROFILE, if it helps:

$FORTUNE_FILE = Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:HOMEPATH\dotfiles\docs\fortunes" | Get-Random | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName

It's great as it is, but maybe could you describe how to properly set up the environment variable on Windows? Thanks!!

With both easy_install and running setup.py manually, I receive the following traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 41, in
info = load_info()
File "setup.py", line 38, in load_info
result['long_description'] = DESCRIPTION
NameError: global name 'DESCRIPTION' is not defined

Adding a default DESCRIPTION value to setup.py fixes it, but I'm pretty sure we shouldn't be hitting the 'except' clause on line 37, so there may also be a better fix possible.

I am a newer, I just clone this repo to my local disk. I want to learn about the source code of this program.

I just find the init.py under the fortune dir, is this all the source code?