news(1)                    (Essential Utilities)                    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.''

         -a    option causes news to print all items, regardless of currency.
               In this case, the stored time is not changed.

         -n    option causes news to report the names of the current items
               without printing their contents, and without changing the
               stored time.

         -s    option causes news to report how many current items exist,
               without printing their names or contents, and without changing
               the stored time.  It is useful to include such an invocation 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 terminate.

   FILES
         /etc/profile
         /var/news/*
         $HOME/.newstime

   SEE ALSO
         profile(4), environ(5) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.








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