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| b5dc1377 | 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
| c2e89a22 | 2 | .\" All rights reserved. |
| db10c785 | 3 | .\" |
| b5dc1377 | 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% |
| c2e89a22 | 5 | .\" |
| b5dc1377 | 6 | .\" @(#)biff.1 6.3 (Berkeley) %G% |
| db10c785 | 7 | .\" |
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8 | .Dd |
| 9 | .Dt BIFF 1 | |
| 10 | .Os BSD 4 | |
| 11 | .Sh NAME | |
| 12 | .Nm biff | |
| 13 | .Nd be notified if mail arrives and who it is from | |
| 14 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 15 | .Nm biff | |
| 16 | .Op Cm yn | |
| 17 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 18 | .Nm Biff | |
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19 | informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives |
| 20 | during the current terminal session. | |
| 21 | The command | |
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22 | .Pp |
| 23 | .Dl biff y | |
| 24 | .Pp | |
| db10c785 | 25 | enables notification; the command |
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26 | .Pp |
| 27 | .Dl biff n | |
| 28 | .Pp | |
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29 | disables it. |
| 30 | When mail notification is enabled, the header and first few lines of | |
| 31 | the message will be printed on your screen whenever mail arrives. | |
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32 | A |
| 33 | .Li ``biff y'' | |
| 34 | command is often included in the file | |
| 35 | .Pa \& | |
| 36 | login | |
| db10c785 | 37 | or |
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38 | .Pa \& |
| 39 | profile | |
| db10c785 | 40 | to be executed at each login. |
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41 | .Pp |
| 42 | .Nm Biff | |
| db10c785 | 43 | operates asynchronously. |
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44 | For synchronous notification use the |
| 45 | .Ar MAIL | |
| 46 | variable of | |
| 47 | .Xr sh 1 | |
| db10c785 | 48 | or the |
| b5dc1377 | 49 | .Ar mail |
| db10c785 | 50 | variable of |
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51 | .Xr csh 1 . |
| 52 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
| 53 | .Xr csh 1 , | |
| 54 | .Xr mail 1 , | |
| 55 | .Xr sh 1 , | |
| 56 | .Xr comsat 8 | |
| 57 | .Sh HISTORY | |
| 58 | .Nm biff | |
| 59 | appeared in the 4.0 BSD release. |