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1.1     ! root        1: .TH MSGS 1 "18 January 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: msgs \- system messages and junk mail program
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B msgs
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B \-fhlpq
        !             9: ] [
        !            10: number
        !            11: ] [
        !            12: \-number
        !            13: ]
        !            14: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            15: .I Msgs
        !            16: is used to read system messages.
        !            17: These messages are
        !            18: sent by mailing to the login `msgs' and should be short
        !            19: pieces of information which are suitable to be read once by most users
        !            20: of the system.
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: .I Msgs
        !            23: is normally invoked each time you login, by placing it in the file
        !            24: .I \&.login
        !            25: .I (\&.profile
        !            26: if you use
        !            27: .IR /bin/sh ).
        !            28: It will then prompt you with the source and subject of each new message.
        !            29: If there is no subject line, the first few non-blank lines of the
        !            30: message will be displayed.
        !            31: If there is more to the message, you will be told how
        !            32: long it is and asked whether you wish to see the rest of the message.
        !            33: The possible responses are:
        !            34: .TP 7
        !            35: .B y
        !            36: type the rest of the message
        !            37: .TP 7
        !            38: RETURN
        !            39: synonym for y.
        !            40: .TP 7
        !            41: .B n
        !            42: skip this message
        !            43: and go on to the next message.
        !            44: .TP 7
        !            45: .B \-
        !            46: redisplay the last message.
        !            47: .TP 7
        !            48: .B q
        !            49: drops you out of
        !            50: .I msgs;
        !            51: the next time you run the program it will pick up where you left off.
        !            52: .TP 7
        !            53: .B s
        !            54: append the current message to the file ``Messages'' in the current directory;
        !            55: `s\-' will save the previously displayed message. A `s' or `s\-' may
        !            56: be followed by a space and a filename to receive the message replacing
        !            57: the default ``Messages''.
        !            58: .TP 7
        !            59: .B m
        !            60: or `m\-' causes a copy of the specified message to be placed in a temporary
        !            61: mailbox and 
        !            62: .IR mail (1)
        !            63: to be invoked on that mailbox.
        !            64: Both `m' and `s' accept a numeric argument in place of the `\-'.
        !            65: .PP
        !            66: .I Msgs
        !            67: keeps track of the next message you will see by a number in the file
        !            68: .I \&.msgsrc
        !            69: in your home directory.
        !            70: In the directory
        !            71: .I /usr/msgs
        !            72: it keeps a set of files whose names are the (sequential) numbers
        !            73: of the messages they represent.
        !            74: The file
        !            75: .I /usr/msgs/bounds
        !            76: shows the low and high number of the messages in the directory
        !            77: so that
        !            78: .I msgs
        !            79: can quickly determine if there are no messages for you.
        !            80: If the contents of
        !            81: .I bounds
        !            82: is incorrect it can be fixed by removing it;
        !            83: .I msgs
        !            84: will make a new
        !            85: .I bounds
        !            86: file the next time it is run.
        !            87: .PP
        !            88: Options to msgs include:
        !            89: .TP 7
        !            90: .B \-f
        !            91: which causes it not to say ``No new messages.''.
        !            92: This is useful in your
        !            93: .I \&.login
        !            94: file since this is often the case here.
        !            95: .TP 7
        !            96: .B \-q
        !            97: Queries whether there are messages, printing
        !            98: ``There are new messages.'' if there are.
        !            99: The command ``msgs \-q'' is often used in login scripts.
        !           100: .TP 7
        !           101: .B \-h
        !           102: causes
        !           103: .I msgs
        !           104: to print the first part of messages only.
        !           105: .TP 7
        !           106: .B \-l
        !           107: option causes only locally originated messages to be reported.
        !           108: .TP 7
        !           109: \fInum\fR
        !           110: A message number can be given
        !           111: on the command line, causing
        !           112: .I msgs
        !           113: to start at the specified message rather than at the next message
        !           114: indicated by your
        !           115: .I \&.msgsrc
        !           116: file.
        !           117: Thus
        !           118: .IP "" 7
        !           119:     msgs \-h 1
        !           120: .IP "" 7
        !           121: prints the first part of all messages.
        !           122: .TP 7
        !           123: .I "\-number"
        !           124: will cause
        !           125: .I msgs
        !           126: to start
        !           127: .I number
        !           128: messages back from the one indicated by your 
        !           129: .I \&.msgsrc
        !           130: file, useful for reviews of recent messages.
        !           131: .TP 7
        !           132: .B \-p
        !           133: causes long messages to be piped through
        !           134: .IR more (1).
        !           135: .PP
        !           136: Within
        !           137: .I msgs
        !           138: you can also go to any specific message by typing its number when
        !           139: .I msgs
        !           140: requests input as to what to do.
        !           141: .SH FILES
        !           142: .ta 2i
        !           143: /usr/msgs/*    database
        !           144: .br
        !           145: ~/.msgsrc      number of next message to be presented
        !           146: .SH AUTHORS
        !           147: William Joy
        !           148: .br
        !           149: David Wasley
        !           150: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           151: mail(1), more(1)
        !           152: .SH BUGS

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