TH NEWS 1
SH NAME
news \- print news items
SH SYNOPSIS
B news
[
B -a
]
[
B -n
]
[
I item ...
]
SH DESCRIPTION
When invoked without options,
this simple local news service
prints files that have appeared in
BR /lib/news
since last reading, most recent first,
with each preceded by an appropriate header.
The time of reading is recorded.
The options are
TP
B -a
Print all items, regardless of currency.
The recorded time is not changed.
TP
B -n
Report the names of the current items without
printing their contents, and without changing
the recorded time.
PP
Other arguments
select particular news items.
PP
To post a news item, create a file in
BR  /lib/news .
PP
You may arrange to receive news automatically by
registering your mail address in
BR /sys/lib/subscribers .
A daemon mails recent news
to all addresses on the list.
PP
Empty news items, and news items named
B core
or
B dead.letter
are ignored.
SH FILES
TF /sys/lib/subscribers
TP
B /lib/news/*
articles
TP
B $HOME/lib/newstime
modify time is time news was last read
TP
B /sys/lib/subscribers
who gets news mailed to them
SH SOURCE
B /sys/src/cmd/news.c

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