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diff --git a/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 b/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..87d826a --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 @@ -0,0 +1,214 @@ +.\" 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. 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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. +.\" +.\" @(#)msgs.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd June 6, 1993 +.Dt MSGS 1 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm msgs +.Nd system messages and junk mail program +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm msgs +.Op Fl fhlpq +.Op Ar number +.Op Ar \-number +.Nm msgs +.Op Fl s +.Nm msgs +.Op Fl c +.Op \-days +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Msgs +is used to read system messages. +These messages are +sent by mailing to the login `msgs' and should be short +pieces of information which are suitable to be read once by most users +of the system. +.Pp +.Nm Msgs +is normally invoked each time you login, by placing it in the file +.Pa .login +(or +.Pa .profile +if you use +.Xr sh 1 ) . +It will then prompt you with the source and subject of each new message. +If there is no subject line, the first few non-blank lines of the +message will be displayed. +If there is more to the message, you will be told how +long it is and asked whether you wish to see the rest of the message. +The possible responses are: +.Bl -tag -width Fl +.It Fl y +Type the rest of the message. +.It Ic RETURN +Synonym for y. +.It Fl n +Skip this message +and go on to the next message. +.It Fl +Redisplay the last message. +.It Fl q +Drop out of +.Nm msgs ; +the next time +.Nm msgs +will pick up where it last left off. +.It Fl s +Append the current message to the file ``Messages'' in the current directory; +`s\-' will save the previously displayed message. A `s' or `s\-' may +be followed by a space and a file name to receive the message replacing +the default ``Messages''. +.It Fl m +A copy of the specified message is placed in a temporary +mailbox and +.Xr mail 1 +is invoked on that mailbox. +Both `m' and `s' accept a numeric argument in place of the `\-'. +.El +.Pp +.Nm Msgs +keeps track of the next message you will see by a number in the file +.Pa \&.msgsrc +in your home directory. +In the directory +.Pa /var/msgs +it keeps a set of files whose names are the (sequential) numbers +of the messages they represent. +The file +.Pa /var/msgs/bounds +shows the low and high number of the messages in the directory +so that +.Nm msgs +can quickly determine if there are no messages for you. +If the contents of +.Pa bounds +is incorrect it can be fixed by removing it; +.Nm msgs +will make a new +.Pa bounds +file the next time it is run. +.Pp +The +.Fl s +option is used for setting up the posting of messages. The line +.Pp +.Dl msgs: \&"\&| /usr/ucb/msgs \-s\&" +.Pp +should be included in +.Pa /etc/aliases +(see +.Xr newaliases 1 ) +to enable posting of messages. +.Pp +The +.Fl c +option is used for performing cleanup on +.Pa /var/msgs. +An entry with the +.Fl c +option should be placed in +.Pa /etc/crontab +to run every night. This will remove all messages over 21 days old. +A different expiration may be specified on the command line to override +the default. +.Pp +Options when reading messages include: +.Bl -tag -width Fl +.It Fl f +Do not to say ``No new messages.''. +This is useful in a +.Pa .login +file since this is often the case here. +.It Fl q +Queries whether there are messages, printing +``There are new messages.'' if there are. +The command ``msgs \-q'' is often used in login scripts. +.It Fl h +Print the first part of messages only. +.It Fl l +Option causes only locally originated messages to be reported. +.It Ar num +A message number can be given +on the command line, causing +.Nm msgs +to start at the specified message rather than at the next message +indicated by your +.Pa \&.msgsrc +file. +Thus +.Pp +.Dl msgs \-h 1 +.Pp +prints the first part of all messages. +.It Ar \-number +Start +.Ar number +messages back from the one indicated in the +.Pa \&.msgsrc +file, useful for reviews of recent messages. +.It Fl p +Pipe long messages through +.Xr more 1 . +.El +.Pp +Within +.Nm msgs +you can also go to any specific message by typing its number when +.Nm msgs +requests input as to what to do. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Nm Msgs +uses the +.Ev HOME +and +.Ev TERM +environment variables for the default home directory and +terminal type. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /usr/msgs/* -compact +.It Pa /usr/msgs/* +database +.It ~/.msgsrc +number of next message to be presented +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr aliases 5 , +.\".Xr crontab 5 , +.Xr mail 1 , +.Xr more 1 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm msgs +command appeared in +.Bx 3.0 . |