NEWS(1-SysV)        RISC/os Reference Manual         NEWS(1-SysV)



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 /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
     .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 ter-
     minate.

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

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



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