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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 \*9/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
.TP
.B \*9/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 \*9/src/cmd/news.c
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