


     CCCCHHHHEEEECCCCKKKKNNNNEEEEWWWWSSSS((((1111))))	  XXXXEEEENNNNIIIIXXXX	3333....0000 ((((22223333	NNNNoooovvvv 1111999999990000))))	  CCCCHHHHEEEECCCCKKKKNNNNEEEEWWWWSSSS((((1111))))



     NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
	  checknews - check for unread news

     SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
	  cccchhhheeeecccckkkknnnneeeewwwwssss

     DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
	  _C_h_e_c_k_n_e_w_s informs the	user whether he	has unread news.  It
	  is suitable for running from a ....pppprrrrooooffffiiiilllleeee (or ....llllooooggggiiiinnnn if	you
	  use a	certain	non-standard shell) file.

	  _C_h_e_c_k_n_e_w_s normally runs _r_e_a_d_n_e_w_s(1) with the ----cccc option.  As
	  a heuristic concession to practicality, if the user has a
	  ....rrrrnnnnllllaaaasssstttt file in his $HOME directory, _c_h_e_c_k_n_e_w_s runs
	  rrrrnnnn ----cccc	----ssss3333 instead.

     FFFFIIIILLLLEEEESSSS
	  $HOME/.newsrc
	  /usr/lib/news/active

     SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
	  readnews(1), rn(1)

     HHHHIIIISSSSTTTTOOOORRRRYYYY
	  Written at U of Toronto by Henry Spencer.

     BBBBUUUUGGGGSSSS
	  There	are zillions of	other news readers in the world.



























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