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