.c;ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
.c;INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND COMPUTING
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Descriptive Title:	VAX/VMS NEWS SYSTEM
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Usage Restriction:	None
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Calling Name:	NEWS
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Author:	Warren Kovitz
	Academic Computing
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Installed by:	Warren Kovitz
	Academic Computing
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Language:	VAX/VMS FORTRAN V3.3
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Computer:	All VAX/VMS systems
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Contact:	Internal:
		User Computing Center
		Coordinator
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	External:
		Academic Computing
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Date:	3-MAR-1984
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^&FUNCTIONAL ABSTRACT\&
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NEWS is a message facility  which informs  a user of  current  system
news and  information.    At login  time, each  user is automatically
shown a list of new items that have been entered since  the user last
viewed the news.  Once a full read of the news has been executed, the
login message is removed.
The system automatically retains the number of the last news 
item viewed.  All news items remain in the database until 
removed by the system manager and can be viewed at any time.
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^&USER INSTRUCTIONS\&
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The format of the NEWS command is as follows:
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     $ NEWS[/qualifier...] [item_#]
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where qualifier is one or more of the following:
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/ALL
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 This qualifier causes NEWS to process all items in the news file,
 whether or not they have been previously viewed.
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/BRIEF
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 Causes NEWS to show only the topic line of each news item.
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/FULL (D)
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 When specified, the entire contents of each news item is displayed.
 This is the default and need not be specified.
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/LOGIN
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 Used by the system during login.  Forces an extra message to be printed
 explaining how unseen news items can be removed.
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/UNSEEN (D)
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 Causes those items which have not been viewed to be reported.
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You may optionally specify the number of a single news 
item to be shown in FULL.
A list of all item numbers can be obtained by entering: $ NEWS/ALL
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^&EXAMPLES\&
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$ NEWS	all unseen news items will be viewed in FULL
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$ NEWS/BRIEF	all unseen news items will be viewed in BRIEF
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$ NEWS/ALL	all items will be viewed in FULL
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$ NEWS/ALL/BRIEF	all items will be viewed in BRIEF
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$ NEWS 2	item 2 will be viewed in FULL
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^&ONLINE HELP\&
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On-line help is available from the VMS Help command.  Enter:
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$ HELP NEWS