CHECKNEWS(1)
NAME
checknews − check to see if user has news
SYNOPSIS
checknews [ ynqevv ] [ readnews options ]
DESCRIPTION
checknews reports to the user whether or not he has news.
y Reports “There is news” if the user has news to read.
n Reports “No news” if there isn’t any news to read.
q causes checknews to be quiet. Instead of printing a message, the exit status indicates news. A status of 0 means no news, 1 means there is news.
v alters the y message to show the name of the first newsgroup containing unread news. Doubling v (e.g. vv) will cause an explanation of any claim of new news, and is useful if checknews and readnews disagree on whether there is news.
e Executes readnews(1) if there is news.
If there are no options, y is the default.
FILES
~/.newsrc Active newsgroups
/usr/lib/news/active Options and list of previously read articles