NEWS(1) NEWS(1)
NAME
news - print news items
SYNOPSIS
news [ -a ] [ -n ] [ 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 appro-
priate 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.
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.
Empty news items, and news items named core or dead.letter
are ignored.
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
/sys/src/cmd/news.c
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