NEWS(1)                  DOMAIN/IX SYS5                   NEWS(1)



NAME
     news - print news items

USAGE
     news [ -a ] [ -n ] [ -s ] [ items ]

DESCRIPTION
     News keeps you informed of current events.  By convention,
     these events are described by files in the directory
     /usr/news.

     By using the items argument, you may indicate specific news
     items to be printed.  If you do not specify any arguments,
     news prints the contents of all current files in /usr/news,
     the most recent one first, with each preceded by an
     appropriate header.  News stores the ``currency'' time as
     the modification date of a file named .news_time in your
     home directory.  The identity of this directory is deter-
     mined by the environment variable $HOME.  Only files more
     recent than this currency time are considered ``current.''

     If you type a delete during the printing of a news item,
     printing stops and the next item is started.  Another delete
     within one second of the first causes the program to ter-
     minate.

OPTIONS
     -a        Print all items, regardless of currency.  Do not
               change the stored time.

     -n        Report the names of the current items without
               printing their contents, and without changing the
               stored time.

     -s        Report how many current items exist, without
               printing their names or contents, and without
               changing the stored time.  Useful to include in
               your .profile file, or in the system's
               /etc/profile.

FILES
     /etc/profile
     /usr/news/*
     $HOME/.news_time

RELATED INFORMATION
     environ(5).






Printed 12/4/86                                            NEWS-1