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2 __NAME__
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5 biff - be notified if mail arrives and who it is
6 from
7 __SYNOPSIS__
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10 biff [[ny]
11 __DESCRIPTION__
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14 Biff informs the system whether you want to be notified when
15 mail arrives during the current terminal
16 session.
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19 Options supported by biff:
20 n
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23 Disables notification.yEnables notification.When mail notification is enabled, the header and first fewlines of the message will be printed on your screen whenevermail arrives. A ``biff y'' command is often included in the file .login or .profile to be executed at each login.
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26 Biff operates asynchronously via the comsat(8)
27 service. If that service is not enabled, biff will not do
28 anything. In that case, or for synchronous notification, use
29 the MAIL variable of sh(1) or the mail variable of
30 csh(1).
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33 __SEE ALSO__
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36 csh(1), mail(1), sh(1),
37 comsat(8)
38 __HISTORY__
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41 The biff command appeared in 4.0 BSD
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43 __BUGS__
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46 su(1), and biff don't seem to get on too well. This
47 is prob- ably due to the tty still being owned by the person
48 using su. This can result in ``Permission denied''
49 messages when attempting to change the biff status of your
50 session.
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53 Please report bugs to netbug@ftp.uk.linux.org including diffs/patches, compiler error logs or as complete a bug report as is possible.
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2 perry 56 Linux !NetKit (0.17-pre-20000412)July 31, 1999 1
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