On 15:11 Sat 29 Jan , Sascha Lucas wrote: > Hi list, > > I'm looking for a package/source which provides the simple "news" command, > knowen on i.e. solaris. > > DESCRIPTION > news is used to keep the user informed of current events. > By convention, these events are described by files in the > directory /var/news. > > Is there an equivalent for linux? I can't find it.
Looks like there's a Debian package called sysnews that's just what you're looking for: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/debian/pool/main/s/sysnews/ I was able to download the original tar file and install with a make, make install, but I haven't really tried it out. Out of curiosity, what do you need it for? Something that /etc/motd can't handle? HTH, Lee -- Lee Capps On the web at http://marge.homeunix.org -- [email protected] mailing list
