NEWS(1)

NAME

news − print news items

SYNOPSIS

news [ -a ] [ -n ] [ item ... ]

DESCRIPTION

When invoked without options, this simple local news service prints files that have appeared in /lib/news since last reading, most recent first, with each preceded by an appropriate header. The time of reading is recorded. The options are

-a Print all items, regardless of currency. The recorded time is not changed.

-n Report the names of the current items without printing their contents, and without changing the recorded time.

Other arguments select particular news items.

To post a news item, create a file in /lib/news.

You may arrange to receive news automatically by registering your mail address in /sys/lib/subscribers. A daemon mails recent news to all addresses on the list.

Empty news items, and news items named core or dead.letter are ignored.

FILES

/lib/news/∗ articles

$HOME/lib/newstime modify time is time news was last read

/sys/lib/subscribers who gets news mailed to them

SOURCE

/sys/src/cmd/news.c