NEWS(C)                  XENIX System V                   NEWS(C)



     Name
          news - Print news items.

     Syntax
          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 /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.''

          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.

          All other arguments are assumed to be specific news items
          that are to be printed.

          If the INTERRUPT key is struck during the printing of a news
          item, printing stops and the next item is started.  Another
          INTERRUPT within one second of the first causes the program
          to terminate.

     Files
          /usr/news/*
          $HOME/.news_time

     See Also
          profile(M), environ(M).










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