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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 read‐
ing 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 ad‐
dresses on the list.
Empty news items, and news items named core or dead.letter are ignored.
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)