news(1)
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
.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 terminate.
Files
/etc/profile-
/var/news/-
$HOME/.news_time-
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore-
language-specific message file (See LANG on
environ(5).)
References
environ(5),
profile(4)
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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004