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- .TH NEWS 1
- .SH NAME
- news \- print news items
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .B news
- [
- .B -a
- ]
- [
- .B -n
- ]
- [
- .I item ...
- ]
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- When invoked without options,
- this simple local news service
- prints files that have appeared in
- .BR /lib/news
- since last reading, most recent first,
- with each preceded by an appropriate header.
- The time of reading is recorded.
- The options are
- .TP
- .B -a
- Print all items, regardless of currency.
- The recorded time is not changed.
- .TP
- .B -n
- Report the names of the current items without
- printing their contents, and without changing
- the recorded time.
- .PP
- Other arguments
- select particular news items.
- .PP
- To post a news item, create a file in
- .BR /lib/news .
- .PP
- You may arrange to receive news automatically by
- registering your mail address in
- .BR /sys/lib/subscribers .
- A daemon mails recent news
- to all addresses on the list.
- .PP
- Empty news items, and news items named
- .B core
- or
- .B dead.letter
- are ignored.
- .SH FILES
- .TF /sys/lib/subscribers
- .TP
- .B /lib/news/*
- articles
- .TP
- .B $HOME/lib/newstime
- modify time is time news was last read
- .TP
- .B /sys/lib/subscribers
- who gets news mailed to them
- .SH SOURCE
- .B /sys/src/cmd/news.c
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