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        !            12: .TH CHECKNEWS 1 "October 19, 1986"
        !            13: .ds ]W  Version B 2.11
        !            14: .SH NAME
        !            15: checknews \- check to see if user has news
        !            16: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            17: .BR checknews " [ " -ynqevvN " ]  ["
        !            18: .IR "newsgroup list" " ]  ["
        !            19: .IR "readnews options" " ]"
        !            20: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            21: .I Checknews
        !            22: reports whether or not the user has news.
        !            23: .TP 10
        !            24: .B \-y
        !            25: reports \*(LqThere is news\*(Rq if the user has news to read.
        !            26: If the
        !            27: .B \-N
        !            28: flag is given,
        !            29: then the newsgroups requested are also printed.
        !            30: .TP 10
        !            31: .B \-n
        !            32: reports \*(RqNo news\*(Rq if there isn't any news to read.
        !            33: .TP 10
        !            34: .B \-q
        !            35: causes
        !            36: .I checknews
        !            37: to be quiet.
        !            38: Instead of printing a message, the exit status indicates news.
        !            39: A status of 0 means no news, 1 means there is news.
        !            40: .TP 10
        !            41: .B \-v
        !            42: alters the
        !            43: .B \-y
        !            44: message to show the name of the first newsgroup containing unread news.
        !            45: Doubling
        !            46: .B v
        !            47: (e.g.
        !            48: .BR \-vv )
        !            49: will cause an explanation of
        !            50: .I any
        !            51: claim of new news,
        !            52: and is useful if
        !            53: .I checknews
        !            54: and
        !            55: .IR readnews (1)
        !            56: disagree on whether there is news.
        !            57: .TP 10
        !            58: .B \-e
        !            59: executes
        !            60: .I readnews
        !            61: if there is news.
        !            62: .TP 10
        !            63: .B \-N
        !            64: causes the next argument to be read and interpreted as
        !            65: a comma-separated list of newsgroups to be checked.
        !            66: .PP
        !            67: If there are no options,
        !            68: .B \-y
        !            69: is the default.
        !            70: .SH FILES
        !            71: .PD 0
        !            72: .TP 40
        !            73: ~/.newsrc
        !            74: Active newsgroups
        !            75: .TP 40
        !            76: /usr/lib/news/active
        !            77: Options and list of previously read articles
        !            78: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            79: inews(8),
        !            80: postnews(1),
        !            81: readnews(1),
        !            82: vnews(1),
        !            83: news(5),
        !            84: newsrc(5),
        !            85: expire(8),
        !            86: recnews(8),
        !            87: sendnews(8),
        !            88: uurec(8)
        !            89: .SH BUGS
        !            90: .LP
        !            91: The
        !            92: .B \-N
        !            93: flag should really be named
        !            94: .B \-n
        !            95: to be consistent with other news programs,
        !            96: but
        !            97: .B \-n
        !            98: was already used.
        !            99: If the
        !           100: .B \-v
        !           101: flag is used with the
        !           102: .B \-N
        !           103: flag, the first newsgroup in the list
        !           104: where there is news should be printed instead of the entire list.
        !           105: If the
        !           106: .B \-N
        !           107: flag is used and
        !           108: .I readnews
        !           109: is invoked (with
        !           110: .BR \-e )
        !           111: it does not restrict
        !           112: news reading to those groups checked, but reads all newsgroups where there
        !           113: is new news.

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