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 /lib/news. 

You may arrange to receive news automatically by registering your mail address in /sys/lib/subscribers.  A daemon mails sends recent news to all addresses on the list. 

FILES

­/lib/news/∗ articles

­$HOME/lib/newstime
modify times is time of last read news

­/sys/lib/subscribers
who gets news mailed to them

Plan 9  —  January 03, 1993