news(1)               UNIX System V(Essential Utilities)                news(1)


NAME
      news - print news items

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

DESCRIPTION
      news is used to keep the user informed of current events.  By convention,
      these events are described by files in the directory /var/news.

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

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

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

      -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 one's
            .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 a delete is typed during the printing of a news item, printing stops
      and the next item is started.  Another delete within one second of the
      first causes the program to terminate.

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

SEE ALSO
      profile(4), environ(5) in the System Administrator's Reference Manual.











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