news(1)                        DG/UX R4.11MU05                       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

       Prints just the news item named reorg.

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

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


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