NEWS(1) NEWS(1)
NAME
news - print news items
SYNOPSIS
news [ -a ] [ -n ] [ -s ] [ item ... ]
DESCRIPTION
When invoked without options, this simple local news service
prints files that have appeared in /usr/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.
-s report the number of current items.
Other arguments select particular news items.
If a delete is typed during the printing of a news item,
printing stops and the next item is started. A second
delete within a second of the first causes the program to
terminate.
To post a news item, simply create a file in /usr/news.
FILES
/usr/news/*
$HOME.news_time date of last read news
SEE ALSO
calendar(1), netnews(1)