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.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 \fL/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