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| 1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. --- 16 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" @(#)biff.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 | 1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. --- 16 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" @(#)biff.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 |
| 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/biff/biff.1 99631 2002-07-09 02:13:26Z johan $ | 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/biff/biff.1 99632 2002-07-09 02:16:49Z johan $ |
| 34.\" 35.Dd June 6, 1993 36.Dt BIFF 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm biff 40.Nd "be notified if mail arrives and who it is from" 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm | 34.\" 35.Dd June 6, 1993 36.Dt BIFF 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm biff 40.Nd "be notified if mail arrives and who it is from" 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm |
| 43.Op Cm n | y | 43.Op Cm n | y | b |
| 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45The 46.Nm 47utility informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives 48during the current terminal session. 49.Pp 50The following options are available: 51.Bl -tag -width indent 52.It Cm n 53Disable notification. 54.It Cm y | 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45The 46.Nm 47utility informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives 48during the current terminal session. 49.Pp 50The following options are available: 51.Bl -tag -width indent 52.It Cm n 53Disable notification. 54.It Cm y |
| 55Enable notification. | 55Enable header notification. 56.It Cm b 57Enable bell notification. |
| 56.El 57.Pp | 58.El 59.Pp |
| 58When mail notification is enabled, the header and first few lines of 59the message will be printed on your screen whenever mail arrives. | 60When header notification is enabled, the header and first few lines of 61the message will be printed on your terminal whenever mail arrives. |
| 60A 61.Dq Li biff y 62command is often included in the file 63.Pa \&.login 64or 65.Pa \&.profile 66to be executed at each login. 67.Pp | 62A 63.Dq Li biff y 64command is often included in the file 65.Pa \&.login 66or 67.Pa \&.profile 68to be executed at each login. 69.Pp |
| 70When bell notification is enabled, only two bell characters (ASCII \\007) 71will be printed on your terminal whenever mail arrives. 72.Pp |
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| 68The 69.Nm 70utility operates asynchronously. 71For synchronous notification use the 72.Ev MAIL 73variable of 74.Xr sh 1 75or the --- 28 unchanged lines hidden --- | 73The 74.Nm 75utility operates asynchronously. 76For synchronous notification use the 77.Ev MAIL 78variable of 79.Xr sh 1 80or the --- 28 unchanged lines hidden --- |