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| <tr><td width=20><td><b>NEWS(1)</b><td align=right><b>NEWS(1)</b> |
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| <p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br> |
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| news – print news items<br> |
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| <p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br> |
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| <tt><font size=+1>news</font></tt> [ <tt><font size=+1>−a</font></tt> ] [ <tt><font size=+1>−n</font></tt> ] [ <i>item ...</i> ]<br> |
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| <p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br> |
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| When invoked without options, this simple local news service prints |
| files that have appeared in <tt><font size=+1>/lib/news</font></tt> since last reading, most |
| recent first, with each preceded by an appropriate header. The |
| time of reading is recorded. The options are<br> |
| <tt><font size=+1>−a</font></tt> Print all items, regardless of currency. The recorded time is |
| not changed.<br> |
| <tt><font size=+1>−n</font></tt> Report the names of the current items without printing their |
| contents, and without changing the recorded time. |
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| Other arguments select particular news items. |
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| To post a news item, create a file in <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/news</font></tt>. |
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| Empty news items, and news items named <tt><font size=+1>core</font></tt> or <tt><font size=+1>dead.letter</font></tt> are |
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| <p><font size=+1><b>FILES </b></font><br> |
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| <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/news/*<br> |
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| articles<br> |
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| <tt><font size=+1>$HOME/lib/newstime<br> |
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| modify time is time news was last read who gets news mailed to |
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| <p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE </b></font><br> |
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| <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/news.c<br> |
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