NEWS(1)              INTERACTIVE UNIX System              NEWS(1)



          NAME
               news - print news items

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

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

               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
               .news_time 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 ter-
               minate.

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

          SEE ALSO
               profile(4), environ(5) in the INTERACTIVE SDS Guide and
               Programmer's Reference Manual.





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