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1.1       root        1: .TH NEWS 1
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: news \- print news items
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B news
                      6: [
                      7: .B -a
                      8: ]
                      9: [
                     10: .B -n
                     11: ]
                     12: [
                     13: .I item ...
                     14: ]
                     15: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     16: When invoked without options,
                     17: this simple local news service
                     18: prints files that have appeared in
                     19: .BR /lib/news
                     20: since last reading, most recent first,
                     21: with each preceded by an appropriate header.
                     22: The time of reading is recorded.
                     23: The options are
                     24: .TP
                     25: .B -a
                     26: Print all items, regardless of currency.
                     27: The recorded time is not changed.
                     28: .TP
                     29: .B -n
                     30: Report the names of the current items without
                     31: printing their contents, and without changing
                     32: the recorded time.
                     33: .PP
                     34: Other arguments
                     35: select particular news items.
                     36: .PP
                     37: To post a news item, create a file in
                     38: .BR  /lib/news .
                     39: .PP
                     40: You may arrange to receive news automatically by 
                     41: registering your mail address in
                     42: .BR /sys/lib/subscribers .
                     43: A daemon mails recent news
                     44: to all addresses on the list.
                     45: .SH FILES
                     46: .TF /sys/lib/subscribers
                     47: .TP
                     48: .B /lib/news/*
                     49: articles
                     50: .TP
                     51: .B $HOME/lib/newstime
                     52: modify time is time news was last read
                     53: .TP
                     54: .B /sys/lib/subscribers
                     55: who gets news mailed to them
                     56: .SH SOURCE
                     57: .B /sys/src/cmd/news.c

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