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