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 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.
Other arguments select particular news items.
To post a news item, create a file in /usr/local/plan9/news.
Empty news items, and news items named core or dead.letter are ignored.

FILES
/usr/local/plan9/news/*
articles
$HOME/lib/newstime
modify time is time news was last read who gets news mailed to them

SOURCE
/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/news.c

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