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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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