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When you login, a message window automatically pops up, which automatically runs the msgs program. You can also run the msgs program manually with the command,

vega1% msgs

To read a message, type y followed by a return. If the message is too big to fit on one screen, it is piped through the more program. Use SPACE to advance a screen at a time and q to quit reading that message. To skip a message, type n followed by a return. To save the current message, type s and you will be prompted for a filename to which the file will be appended to. To save the last message, type s-. To exit the program, type q followed by a return. Please see the man page on msgs for more information.



Caitlin Howell
Thu Jan 16 20:24:40 CST 1997