plan9 man page for news

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

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