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| 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 94504 2002-04-12 13:11:42Z charnier $ | 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 95124 2002-04-20 12:18:28Z charnier $ |
| 34.\" 35.Dd April 28, 1995 36.Dt MSGS 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm msgs 40.Nd system messages and junk mail program 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm 43.Op Fl fhlpq 44.Op Ar number 45.Op Ar \-number 46.Nm 47.Op Fl s 48.Nm 49.Op Fl c 50.Op \-days 51.Sh DESCRIPTION | 34.\" 35.Dd April 28, 1995 36.Dt MSGS 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm msgs 40.Nd system messages and junk mail program 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm 43.Op Fl fhlpq 44.Op Ar number 45.Op Ar \-number 46.Nm 47.Op Fl s 48.Nm 49.Op Fl c 50.Op \-days 51.Sh DESCRIPTION |
| 52.Nm Msgs 53is used to read system messages. | 52The 53.Nm 54utility is used to read system messages. |
| 54These messages are 55sent by mailing to the login `msgs' and should be short 56pieces of information which are suitable to be read once by most users 57of the system. 58.Pp | 55These messages are 56sent by mailing to the login `msgs' and should be short 57pieces of information which are suitable to be read once by most users 58of the system. 59.Pp |
| 59.Nm Msgs 60is normally invoked each time you login, by placing it in the file | 60The 61.Nm 62utility is normally invoked each time you login, by placing it in the file |
| 61.Pa .login 62(or 63.Pa .profile 64if you use 65.Xr sh 1 ) . 66It will then prompt you with the source and subject of each new message. 67If there is no subject line, the first few non-blank lines of the 68message will be displayed. --- 25 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 94.It Fl m 95A copy of the specified message is placed in a temporary 96mailbox and 97.Xr mail 1 98is invoked on that mailbox. 99Both `m' and `s' accept a numeric argument in place of the `\-'. 100.El 101.Pp | 63.Pa .login 64(or 65.Pa .profile 66if you use 67.Xr sh 1 ) . 68It will then prompt you with the source and subject of each new message. 69If there is no subject line, the first few non-blank lines of the 70message will be displayed. --- 25 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 96.It Fl m 97A copy of the specified message is placed in a temporary 98mailbox and 99.Xr mail 1 100is invoked on that mailbox. 101Both `m' and `s' accept a numeric argument in place of the `\-'. 102.El 103.Pp |
| 102.Nm Msgs 103keeps track of the next message you will see by a number in the file | 104The 105.Nm 106utility keeps track of the next message you will see by a number in the file |
| 104.Pa \&.msgsrc 105in your home directory. 106In the directory 107.Pa /var/msgs 108it keeps a set of files whose names are the (sequential) numbers 109of the messages they represent. 110The file 111.Pa /var/msgs/bounds --- 86 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 198.El 199.Pp 200Within 201.Nm 202you can also go to any specific message by typing its number when 203.Nm 204requests input as to what to do. 205.Sh ENVIRONMENT | 107.Pa \&.msgsrc 108in your home directory. 109In the directory 110.Pa /var/msgs 111it keeps a set of files whose names are the (sequential) numbers 112of the messages they represent. 113The file 114.Pa /var/msgs/bounds --- 86 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 201.El 202.Pp 203Within 204.Nm 205you can also go to any specific message by typing its number when 206.Nm 207requests input as to what to do. 208.Sh ENVIRONMENT |
| 206.Nm Msgs 207uses the | 209The 210.Nm 211utility uses the |
| 208.Ev HOME 209and 210.Ev TERM 211environment variables for the default home directory and 212terminal type. 213.Sh FILES 214.Bl -tag -width /var/msgs/* -compact 215.It Pa /var/msgs/* --- 14 unchanged lines hidden --- | 212.Ev HOME 213and 214.Ev TERM 215environment variables for the default home directory and 216terminal type. 217.Sh FILES 218.Bl -tag -width /var/msgs/* -compact 219.It Pa /var/msgs/* --- 14 unchanged lines hidden --- |