news

 

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 User Commands                                             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
      .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.''
 


OPTIONS
      -a     Print all items,  regardless  of  currency.  In  this
            case, the stored time is not changed.
 
      -n     Report the names of the current items without  print-
            ing  their  contents,  and without changing the stored
            time.
 
      -s     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  invoca-
            tion  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.
 
 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
      See environ(5) for a description of the LC_CTYPE environment
      variable that affects the execution of news.
 


FILES
      /etc/profile"
 
      /var/news/*
 
      $HOME/.news_time
 
 
 
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 User Commands                                             news(1)
 
 
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     | Availability                | SUNWesu                     |
     | CSI                         | Enabled                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      profile(4), attributes(5), environ(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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