CHECKNEWS(1)              UNIX System V(23 Nov 1990)               CHECKNEWS(1)


NAME
      checknews - check for unread news

SYNOPSIS
      checknews

DESCRIPTION
      Checknews informs the user whether he has unread news.  It is suitable
      for running from a .profile (or .login if you use a certain non-standard
      shell) file.

      Checknews normally runs readnews(1) with the -c option.  As a heuristic
      concession to practicality, if the user has a .rnlast file in his $HOME
      directory, checknews runs rn -c -s3 instead.

FILES
      $HOME/.newsrc
      /usr/dell/cnews/lib/active

SEE ALSO
      readnews(1), rn(1)

HISTORY
      Written at U of Toronto by Henry Spencer.

BUGS
      There are zillions of other news readers in the world.



























10/89                                                                    Page 1