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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)msgs.1      6.3 (Berkeley) 5/9/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH MSGS 1 "May 9, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: msgs \- system messages and junk mail program
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B msgs
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B \-fhlpq
        !            15: ] [
        !            16: number
        !            17: ] [
        !            18: \-number
        !            19: ]
        !            20: .LP
        !            21: .B msgs
        !            22: .B \-s
        !            23: .LP
        !            24: .B msgs
        !            25: .B \-c
        !            26: [
        !            27: \-days
        !            28: ]
        !            29: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            30: .I Msgs
        !            31: is used to read system messages.
        !            32: These messages are
        !            33: sent by mailing to the login `msgs' and should be short
        !            34: pieces of information which are suitable to be read once by most users
        !            35: of the system.
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: .I Msgs
        !            38: is normally invoked each time you login, by placing it in the file
        !            39: .I \&.login
        !            40: .I (\&.profile
        !            41: if you use
        !            42: .IR /bin/sh ).
        !            43: It will then prompt you with the source and subject of each new message.
        !            44: If there is no subject line, the first few non-blank lines of the
        !            45: message will be displayed.
        !            46: If there is more to the message, you will be told how
        !            47: long it is and asked whether you wish to see the rest of the message.
        !            48: The possible responses are:
        !            49: .TP 7
        !            50: .B y
        !            51: type the rest of the message.
        !            52: .TP 7
        !            53: RETURN
        !            54: synonym for y.
        !            55: .TP 7
        !            56: .B n
        !            57: skip this message
        !            58: and go on to the next message.
        !            59: .TP 7
        !            60: .B \-
        !            61: redisplay the last message.
        !            62: .TP 7
        !            63: .B q
        !            64: drops you out of
        !            65: .I msgs;
        !            66: the next time you run the program it will pick up where you left off.
        !            67: .TP 7
        !            68: .B s
        !            69: append the current message to the file ``Messages'' in the current directory;
        !            70: `s\-' will save the previously displayed message. A `s' or `s\-' may
        !            71: be followed by a space and a file name to receive the message replacing
        !            72: the default ``Messages''.
        !            73: .TP 7
        !            74: .B m
        !            75: or `m\-' causes a copy of the specified message to be placed in a temporary
        !            76: mailbox and 
        !            77: .IR mail (1)
        !            78: to be invoked on that mailbox.
        !            79: Both `m' and `s' accept a numeric argument in place of the `\-'.
        !            80: .PP
        !            81: .I Msgs
        !            82: keeps track of the next message you will see by a number in the file
        !            83: .I \&.msgsrc
        !            84: in your home directory.
        !            85: In the directory
        !            86: .I /usr/msgs
        !            87: it keeps a set of files whose names are the (sequential) numbers
        !            88: of the messages they represent.
        !            89: The file
        !            90: .I /usr/msgs/bounds
        !            91: shows the low and high number of the messages in the directory
        !            92: so that
        !            93: .I msgs
        !            94: can quickly determine if there are no messages for you.
        !            95: If the contents of
        !            96: .I bounds
        !            97: is incorrect it can be fixed by removing it;
        !            98: .I msgs
        !            99: will make a new
        !           100: .I bounds
        !           101: file the next time it is run.
        !           102: .PP
        !           103: The
        !           104: .B \-s
        !           105: option is used for setting up the posting of messages.  The line
        !           106: .IP
        !           107: .DT
        !           108: msgs: "| /usr/ucb/msgs \-s"
        !           109: .PP
        !           110: should be include in
        !           111: .I /usr/lib/aliases
        !           112: to enable posting of messages.
        !           113: .PP
        !           114: The
        !           115: .B \-c
        !           116: option is used for performing cleanup on
        !           117: .I /usr/msgs.
        !           118: An entry with the
        !           119: .B \-c
        !           120: option should be placed in
        !           121: .I /usr/lib/crontab
        !           122: to run every night.  This will remove all messages over 21 days old.
        !           123: A different expiration may be specified on the command line to override
        !           124: the default.
        !           125: .PP
        !           126: Options when reading messages include:
        !           127: .TP 7
        !           128: .B \-f
        !           129: which causes it not to say ``No new messages.''.
        !           130: This is useful in your
        !           131: .I \&.login
        !           132: file since this is often the case here.
        !           133: .TP 7
        !           134: .B \-q
        !           135: Queries whether there are messages, printing
        !           136: ``There are new messages.'' if there are.
        !           137: The command ``msgs \-q'' is often used in login scripts.
        !           138: .TP 7
        !           139: .B \-h
        !           140: causes
        !           141: .I msgs
        !           142: to print the first part of messages only.
        !           143: .TP 7
        !           144: .B \-l
        !           145: option causes only locally originated messages to be reported.
        !           146: .TP 7
        !           147: \fInum\fR
        !           148: A message number can be given
        !           149: on the command line, causing
        !           150: .I msgs
        !           151: to start at the specified message rather than at the next message
        !           152: indicated by your
        !           153: .I \&.msgsrc
        !           154: file.
        !           155: Thus
        !           156: .IP "" 7
        !           157:     msgs \-h 1
        !           158: .IP "" 7
        !           159: prints the first part of all messages.
        !           160: .TP 7
        !           161: .I "\-number"
        !           162: will cause
        !           163: .I msgs
        !           164: to start
        !           165: .I number
        !           166: messages back from the one indicated by your 
        !           167: .I \&.msgsrc
        !           168: file, useful for reviews of recent messages.
        !           169: .TP 7
        !           170: .B \-p
        !           171: causes long messages to be piped through
        !           172: .IR more (1).
        !           173: .PP
        !           174: Within
        !           175: .I msgs
        !           176: you can also go to any specific message by typing its number when
        !           177: .I msgs
        !           178: requests input as to what to do.
        !           179: .SH FILES
        !           180: .ta 2i
        !           181: /usr/msgs/*    database
        !           182: .br
        !           183: ~/.msgsrc      number of next message to be presented
        !           184: .SH AUTHORS
        !           185: William Joy
        !           186: .br
        !           187: David Wasley
        !           188: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           189: aliases(5), crontab(5), mail(1), more(1)
        !           190: .SH BUGS

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