NEWS(1)NEWS(1)

NAME

news – print news items

SYNOPSIS

news [ -a ] [ -n ] [ -t tmfile ] [ item ... ]

DESCRIPTION

When invoked without options, this simple local news service prints files that have appeared in /lib/news since last reading, most recent first, with each preceded by an appropriate header. The time of reading is recorded. The options are

-a

Print all items, regardless of currency. The recorded time is not changed.  

-n

Report the names of the current items without printing their contents, and without changing the recorded time.  

-t tmfile

Use the file tmfile to decide which news items should be printed, in place of the default $home/lib/newstime.  

Other arguments select particular news items.

To post a news item, create a file in /lib/news.

You may arrange to receive news automatically by registering your mail address in /sys/lib/subscribers. A daemon mails recent news to all addresses on the list.

FILES

/lib/news/*

articles  

$HOME/lib/newstime

modify time is time news was last read  

/sys/lib/subscribers

who gets news mailed to them  

SOURCE

/rc/bin/news