CHECKNEWS
Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (1CN)
Updated: 28 Aug 1994
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NAME
checknews - check for unread news
SYNOPSIS
checknews
DESCRIPTION
Checknews
informs the user whether he has unread news.
It is suitable for running from a
.profile
(or
.login
if you use a certain non-standard shell)
file.
Checknews
normally runs
readnews(1)
with the
-c
option.
As a heuristic concession to practicality,
if the user has a
.rnlast
file in his $HOME directory,
checknews
runs
rn -c -s3
instead.
FILES
$HOME/.newsrc
/etc/news/active
SEE ALSO
readnews(1CN), rn(1)
HISTORY
Written at U of Toronto by Henry Spencer.
BUGS
There are zillions of other news readers in the world,
all with their own idiosyncratic approaches to this issue.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- FILES
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- SEE ALSO
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- HISTORY
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- BUGS
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