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        !             3: msgs                         Command                         msgs
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        !             8: Read messages intended for all COHERENT users
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        !            10: mmssggss [-_q] [_n_u_m_b_e_r]
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        !            12: mmssggss selects  and displays messages that are  intended to be read
        !            13: by all  COHERENT users.  Messages  are mailed to  the login mmssggss.
        !            14: They should  contain information  meant to  be read once  by most
        !            15: users of the system.
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        !            17: The command msgs normally is in  a user's .pprrooffiillee, so that it is
        !            18: executed every  time he  logs in.   When invoked, it  prompts the
        !            19: user with the identifier of the user who sent the message and the
        !            20: message's size.  msgs then asks the  user if he wishes to see the
        !            21: rest  of the  message.  The  user  should reply  with one  of the
        !            22: following:
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        !            25:          yy          Display the message.
        !            26:          <rreettuurrnn>   Display the message.
        !            27:          nn          Skip this message and go to the next one.
        !            28:          -          Redisplay the last message.
        !            29:          qq          Quit mmssggss.
        !            30:          _n_u_m_b_e_r     Display message _n_u_m_b_e_r; then continue.
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        !            33: If environmental  variable PAGER  is defined, msgs  will ``pipe''
        !            34: each  message through  the command specified  in PAGER.   For ex-
        !            35: ample, the .pprrooffiillee command line:
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        !            38:     export PAGER="exec /bin/scat -1"
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        !            41: would invoke /bin/scat for each message with the command line ar-
        !            42: gument -1 (the digit one).
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        !            44: mmssggss writes into the  file $(HHOOMMEE)/.mmssggssrrcc the number of the next
        !            45: message the  user will see when he invokes  mmssggss.  mmssggss keeps all
        !            46: messages in the directory /uussrr/mmssggss; each message is named with a
        !            47: sequential number, which  indicates its message number.  The file
        !            48: /uussrr/mmssggss/bboouunnddss contains  the low and  high numbers of  the mes-
        !            49: sages in  the directory; mmssggss  determines whether a  user has not
        !            50: read a  message by  comparing the information  in $(HHOOMMEE)/.mmssggssrrcc
        !            51: with   that   in    /uussrr/mmssggss/bboouunnddss.    If   the   contents   of
        !            52: /uussrr/mmssggss/bboouunnddss  are  incorrect, the  problem  can  be fixed  by
        !            53: removing that  file; mmssggss will create a new  bboouunnddss file the next
        !            54: time it is run.
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        !            56: When  the contents  of  a message  are no  longer needed,  simply
        !            57: remove  that message.   Avoid removing  the  bboouunnddss file  and the
        !            58: highest numbered message at the same time.
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        !            60: msgs accepts the following command-line options:
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        !            64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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        !            69: msgs                         Command                         msgs
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        !            73: -qq   Query whether there are messages; print ``There are new mes-
        !            74:      sages'' if  there are, and ``No new  messages'' if not.  The
        !            75:      command mmssggss -qq is often used in profile scripts.
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        !            77: _n_u_m_b_e_r
        !            78:      Start at message  _n_u_m_b_e_r rather than at the message recorded
        !            79:      in $(HHOOMMEE)/.mmssggssrrcc.   If _n_u_m_b_e_r  is greater than  zero, then
        !            80:      start with  that message; if _n_u_m_b_e_r is  less than zero, then
        !            81:      begin   _n_u_m_b_e_r   messages  before   the   one  recorded   in
        !            82:      $(HHOOMMEE)/.mmssggssrrcc.
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        !            84: ***** Files *****
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        !            86: /uussrr/ssppooooll/mmaaiill/mmssggss -- Mail messages file
        !            87: /uussrr/mmssggss/[11-99]* -- Data base
        !            88: /uussrr/mmssggss/bboouunnddss -- File that contains message number bounds
        !            89: $(HHOOMMEE)/.mmssggssrrcc -- Number of next message to be presented
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        !            91: ***** See Also *****
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