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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
.\"
.\"     @(#)biff.1	6.5 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.Dd 
.Dt BIFF 1
.Os BSD 4
.Sh NAME
.Nm biff
.Nd "be notified if mail arrives and who it is from"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm biff
.Op Cm ny
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Biff
informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives
during the current terminal session.
.Pp
Options supported by
.Nm biff :
.Bl -tag -width 4n
.It Cm n
Disables notification.
.It Cm y
Enables notification.
.El
.Pp
When mail notification is enabled, the header and first few lines of
the message will be printed on your screen whenever mail arrives.
A
.Dq Li biff y
command is often included in the file
.Pa \&.login
or
.Pa \&.profile
to be executed at each login.
.Pp
.Nm Biff
operates asynchronously.
For synchronous notification use the
.Ar MAIL
variable of
.Xr sh 1
or the
.Ar mail
variable of
.Xr csh 1 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr csh 1 ,
.Xr mail 1 ,
.Xr sh 1 ,
.Xr comsat 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in 
.Bx 4.0 .
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b5dc1377	1	.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
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b5dc1377 CL	8	.Dd
	9	.Dt BIFF 1
	10	.Os BSD 4
	11	.Sh NAME
	12	.Nm biff
0e853b88	13	.Nd "be notified if mail arrives and who it is from"
b5dc1377 CL	14	.Sh SYNOPSIS
b5dc1377 CL	15	.Nm biff
0e853b88	16	.Op Cm ny
b5dc1377 CL	17	.Sh DESCRIPTION
b5dc1377 CL	18	.Nm Biff
db10c785 KM	19	informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives
db10c785 KM	20	during the current terminal session.
b5dc1377	21	.Pp
0e853b88 CL	22	Options supported by
	23	.Nm biff :
	24	.Bl -tag -width 4n
	25	.It Cm n
	26	Disables notification.
	27	.It Cm y
	28	Enables notification.
	29	.El
b5dc1377	30	.Pp
db10c785 KM	31	When mail notification is enabled, the header and first few lines of
db10c785 KM	32	the message will be printed on your screen whenever mail arrives.
b5dc1377	33	A
0e853b88	34	.Dq Li biff y
b5dc1377	35	command is often included in the file
5325ced3	36	.Pa \&.login
db10c785	37	or
5325ced3	38	.Pa \&.profile
db10c785	39	to be executed at each login.
b5dc1377 CL	40	.Pp
b5dc1377 CL	41	.Nm Biff
db10c785	42	operates asynchronously.
b5dc1377 CL	43	For synchronous notification use the
	44	.Ar MAIL
	45	variable of
	46	.Xr sh 1
db10c785	47	or the
b5dc1377	48	.Ar mail
db10c785	49	variable of
b5dc1377 CL	50	.Xr csh 1 .
	51	.Sh SEE ALSO
	52	.Xr csh 1 ,
	53	.Xr mail 1 ,
	54	.Xr sh 1 ,
	55	.Xr comsat 8
	56	.Sh HISTORY
0e853b88 CL	57	The
	58	.Nm
	59	command appeared in
	60	.Bx 4.0 .