news(1)                    DG/UX 4.30                     news(1)



     NAME
          news - print news items

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

     DESCRIPTION
          News keeps the user informed of current events.  By
          convention, these events are described by files in the
          directory /usr/news, to which anyone having access
          (typically system administrator) to the file can enter news
          items.

          When invoked without arguments, news prints the contents of
          all current files in /usr/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.

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

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

          The -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 your .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 you type an interrupt during the printing of a news item,
          printing stops and the next item is started.  Another
          interrupt within one second of the first terminates the
          program.


     EXAMPLES
          $ news


          Prints all the news items on the system that you have not
          already read.

          $ news reorg




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          Prints just the news item named reorg.

     FILES
          /etc/profile
          /usr/news/*
          $HOME/.news_time

     SEE ALSO
          profile(4), environ(5) in the Programmer's Reference for the
          DG/UX System (Volume 2)













































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