BIFF(1) OpenBSD Reference Manual BIFF(1)NAMEbiff - be notified if mail arrives and who it is from
SYNOPSISbiff [n | y]
DESCRIPTIONbiff informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives
during the current terminal session.
The options are as follows:
n Disables notification.
y Enables notification.
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 ALSOcsh(1), mail(1), sh(1), comsat(8)HISTORY
The biff command appeared in 4.0BSD. "Biff" was Heidi Stettner's dog.
He died in August 1993, at 15.
OpenBSD 4.9 May 31, 2007 OpenBSD 4.9
