User Commands                                             news(1)



NAME
     news - print news items

SYNOPSIS
     news [-a] [-n] [-s] [items]


DESCRIPTION
     news is used to keep the user informed of current events. By
     convention,  these  events  are  described  by  files in the
     directory /var/news.


     When invoked without arguments, news prints the contents  of
     all current files in /var/news, most recent first, with each
     preceded  by  an  appropriate  header.   news   stores   the
     ``currency''  time  as the modification date of a file named
     .newstime in the user's home  directory  (the  identity  of
     this  directory  is  determined  by the environment variable
     $HOME ); only files more recent than this currency time  are
     considered ``current.''

OPTIONS
     -a      Print all items, regardless  of  currency.  In  this
            case, the stored time is not changed.


     -n      Report the names of the current items without print-
            ing  their  contents, and without changing the stored
            time.


     -s      report how many current items exist, without  print-
            ing their names or contents, and without changing the
            stored time. It is useful to include such an  invoca-
            tion  of  news  in  one's  .profile  file,  or in the
            system's /etc/profile.



     All other arguments are assumed to be  specific  news  items
     that are to be printed.


     If a delete is typed during the printing  of  a  news  item,
     printing  stops and the next item is started. Another delete
     within one second of the first causes the  program  to  ter-
     minate.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     See environ(5) for a description of the LCTYPE environment
     variable that affects the execution of news.



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User Commands                                             news(1)



FILES
     /etc/profile


     /var/news/*


     $HOME/.newstime


ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
     ATRIBUTE TYPE                ATRIBUTE VALUE             
     Availability                  SUNWesu                     
     CSI                           Enabled                     
    


SEE ALSO
     profile(4), attributes(5), environ(5)






























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