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
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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