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1.1       root        1: .TH NEWS 7
                      2: .CT 1 comm_users
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: news \(mi print news items
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B news
                      7: [
                      8: .B -a
                      9: ]
                     10: [
                     11: .B -n
                     12: ]
                     13: [
                     14: .B -s
                     15: ]
                     16: [
                     17: .I item ...
                     18: ]
                     19: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     20: When invoked without options,
                     21: this simple local news service
                     22: prints files that have appeared in
                     23: .BR /usr/news
                     24: since last reading, most recent first,
                     25: with each preceded by an appropriate header.
                     26: The time of reading is recorded.
                     27: The options are
                     28: .TP
                     29: .B -a
                     30: Print all items, regardless of currency.
                     31: The recorded time is not changed.
                     32: .TP
                     33: .B -n
                     34: Report the names of the current items without
                     35: printing their contents, and without changing
                     36: the recorded time.
                     37: .TP
                     38: .B -s
                     39: Report the number of current items.
                     40: .PP
                     41: Other arguments
                     42: select particular news items.
                     43: .PP
                     44: If an interrupt
                     45: is received during a news item, the
                     46: next item is started immediately.
                     47: Another interrupt
                     48: within a second of the first causes the program to terminate.
                     49: .PP
                     50: To post a news item, create a file in
                     51: .FR  /usr/news .
                     52: .PP
                     53: You may arrange to receive news automatically by 
                     54: registering your mail address in
                     55: .FR /usr/lib/subscribers .
                     56: A daemon mails newly posted news items
                     57: to all addresses on the list.
                     58: .SH FILES
                     59: .F /usr/news/*
                     60: .br
                     61: .F $HOME/news_time
                     62: date of last read news
                     63: .br
                     64: .F /usr/lib/subscribers
                     65: .SH SEE ALSO
                     66: .IR calendar (1), 
                     67: .IR readnews (7)

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