news(1)								       news(1)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     news - print news items

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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    [Toc]    [Back]

     /etc/profile
     /var/news/*
     $HOME/.news_time
     /usr/lib/locale/locale<b>/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore
	  language-specific message file [See LANG on environ(5).]

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     profile(4), environ(5)


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