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1.1       root        1: .TH CHECKNEWS 1
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: checknews \- check to see if user has news
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .BR checknews " [ " ynqevv " ]  [ "
                      6: .IR "readnews options" " ] "
                      7: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      8: .I checknews
                      9: reports to the user whether or not he has news.
                     10: .TP 10
                     11: .B y
                     12: Reports ``There is news'' if the user has news to read.
                     13: .TP 10
                     14: .B n
                     15: Reports ``No news'' if there isn't any news to read.
                     16: .TP 10
                     17: .B q
                     18: causes checknews to be quiet.
                     19: Instead of printing a message, the exit status indicates news.
                     20: A status of 0 means no news, 1 means there is news.
                     21: .TP 10
                     22: .B v
                     23: alters the
                     24: .B y
                     25: message to show the name of the first newsgroup containing unread news.
                     26: Doubling
                     27: .B v
                     28: (e.g.
                     29: .BR vv )
                     30: will cause an explanation of
                     31: .I any
                     32: claim of new news,
                     33: and is useful if
                     34: .B checknews
                     35: and
                     36: .B readnews
                     37: disagree on whether there is news.
                     38: .TP 10
                     39: .B e
                     40: Executes
                     41: .IR readnews (1)
                     42: if there is news.
                     43: .PP
                     44: If there are no options,
                     45: .B y
                     46: is the default.
                     47: .SH FILES
                     48: .PD 0
                     49: .TP 25
                     50: ~/.newsrc
                     51: /usr/lib/news/active
                     52: Active newsgroups
                     53: Options and list of previously read articles
                     54: .SH SEE ALSO
                     55: inews(1),
                     56: postnews(1),
                     57: readnews(1)

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