biff

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NAME

biff - be notified if mail arrives and who it is from  

SYNOPSIS

biff [ n ] [ y ]  

DESCRIPTION

After biff y, the system will display the top of incoming mail on your screen, as described in comsat(8). biff n turns this off. biff applies to your current terminal session; typically you'd put a biff y into your .login, .cshrc, or .profile.

biff without an argument tells you your current ``biffing'' status.

The mail notification enabled by biff operates asynchronously. For synchronous notification use the MAIL variable of sh (1) or the mail variable of csh (1).

biff requires its input to be your terminal session (or at least a session you own). All it really does is handle the owner-execute bit on the terminal.

biff only looks at the first letter of its first argument.

biff was named after a dog at Berkeley.  

SEE ALSO

csh(1), sh(1), mail(1), comsat(8C)


 

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