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diff --git a/usr.bin/biff/biff.1 b/usr.bin/biff/biff.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..89d560c --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/biff/biff.1 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)biff.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd June 6, 1993 +.Dt BIFF 1 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm biff +.Nd "be notified if mail arrives and who it is from" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm biff +.Op Cm ny +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Biff +informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives +during the current terminal session. +.Pp +Options supported by +.Nm biff : +.Bl -tag -width 4n +.It Cm n +Disables notification. +.It Cm y +Enables notification. +.El +.Pp +When mail notification is enabled, the header and first few lines of +the message will be printed on your screen whenever mail arrives. +A +.Dq Li biff y +command is often included in the file +.Pa \&.login +or +.Pa \&.profile +to be executed at each login. +.Pp +.Nm Biff +operates asynchronously. +For synchronous notification use the +.Ar MAIL +variable of +.Xr sh 1 +or the +.Ar mail +variable of +.Xr csh 1 . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr csh 1 , +.Xr mail 1 , +.Xr sh 1 , +.Xr comsat 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.0 . |