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                     37: .Dd June 6, 1993
                     38: .Dt BIFF 1
1.5       aaron      39: .Os
1.1       deraadt    40: .Sh NAME
                     41: .Nm biff
                     42: .Nd "be notified if mail arrives and who it is from"
                     43: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     44: .Nm biff
1.12    ! deraadt    45: .Op Cm y | Cm n
1.1       deraadt    46: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.6       aaron      47: .Nm
1.1       deraadt    48: informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives
                     49: during the current terminal session.
                     50: .Pp
1.8       aaron      51: The options are as follows:
1.11      aaron      52: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.7       aaron      53: .It Cm n
1.1       deraadt    54: Disables notification.
1.7       aaron      55: .It Cm y
1.1       deraadt    56: Enables notification.
                     57: .El
                     58: .Pp
                     59: When mail notification is enabled, the header and first few lines of
                     60: the message will be printed on your screen whenever mail arrives.
                     61: A
                     62: .Dq Li biff y
                     63: command is often included in the file
                     64: .Pa \&.login
                     65: or
                     66: .Pa \&.profile
                     67: to be executed at each login.
                     68: .Pp
1.6       aaron      69: .Nm
1.1       deraadt    70: operates asynchronously.
                     71: For synchronous notification use the
1.4       aaron      72: .Ev MAIL
1.1       deraadt    73: variable of
                     74: .Xr sh 1
                     75: or the
1.4       aaron      76: .Ev mail
1.1       deraadt    77: variable of
                     78: .Xr csh 1 .
                     79: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     80: .Xr csh 1 ,
                     81: .Xr mail 1 ,
                     82: .Xr sh 1 ,
                     83: .Xr comsat 8
                     84: .Sh HISTORY
                     85: The
                     86: .Nm
1.5       aaron      87: command appeared in
1.1       deraadt    88: .Bx 4.0 .
1.8       aaron      89: .Qq Biff
1.10      aaron      90: was Heidi Stettner's dog.
                     91: He died in August 1993, at 15.