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                     20: .Dd July 24, 1990
                     21: .Dt BIFF 1
                     22: .Os BSD 4
                     23: .Sh NAME
                     24: .Nm biff
                     25: .Nd be\ notified\ if mail arrives and who it is from
                     26: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     27: .Nm biff
                     28: .Op Cm yn
                     29: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     30: .Nm Biff
                     31: informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives
                     32: during the current terminal session.
                     33: The command
                     34: .Pp
                     35: .Dl biff y
                     36: .Pp
                     37: enables notification; the command
                     38: .Pp
                     39: .Dl biff n
                     40: .Pp
                     41: disables it.
                     42: When mail notification is enabled, the header and first few lines of
                     43: the message will be printed on your screen whenever mail arrives.
                     44: A
                     45: .Ql biff y
                     46: command is often included in the file
                     47: .Pa \&.login
                     48: or
                     49: .Pa \&.profile
                     50: to be executed at each login.
                     51: .Pp
                     52: .Nm Biff
                     53: operates asynchronously.
                     54: For synchronous notification use the
                     55: .Ar MAIL
                     56: variable of
                     57: .Xr sh 1
                     58: or the
                     59: .Ar mail
                     60: variable of
                     61: .Xr csh 1 .
                     62: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     63: .Xr csh 1 ,
                     64: .Xr mail 1 ,
                     65: .Xr sh 1 ,
                     66: .Xr comsat 8
                     67: .Sh HISTORY
                     68: .Nm biff
                     69: appeared in the 4.0 BSD release.

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