BIFF
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: April 29, 1985
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NAME
biff - be notified if mail arrives and who it is from
SYNOPSIS
biff
[
yn
]
DESCRIPTION
Biff
informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives
during the current terminal session.
The command
-
biff y
enables notification; the command
-
biff n
disables it.
When mail notification is enabled, the header and first few lines of
the message will be printed on your screen whenever mail arrives.
A ``biff y'' command is often included in the file
.login
or
.profile
to be executed at each login.
Biff
operates asynchronously.
For synchronous notification use the MAIL variable of
sh(1)
or the
mail
variable of
csh(1).
SEE ALSO
csh(1),
sh(1),
mail(1),
comsat(8C)
Index
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- SEE ALSO
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