checknews1cn
Check for unread news
Usage
checknews
Overview
Checknews informs the user whether he has unread news. It is suitable for running from a .profile (or .login if you use a certain non-standard shell) file.
Checknews normally runs readnews(1) with the -c option. As a heuristic concession to practicality, if the user has a .rnlast file in his $HOME directory, checknews runs rn -c -s3 instead.
Files
$HOME/.newsrc
/var/lib/news/active
Releases
10 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 1 time.