plan9 man page for news

Query: news

OS: plan9

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NEWS(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   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 /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.
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 NEWS(1)
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