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BIFF(1)			  BSD General Commands Manual		       BIFF(1)

NAME
     biff — be notified if mail arrives and who it is from

SYNOPSIS
     biff [ny]

DESCRIPTION
     Biff informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives
     during the current terminal session.

     Options supported by biff:

     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 via the comsat(8) service. If that service
     is not enabled, biff will not do anything. In that case, or for synchro‐
     nous notification, use the MAIL variable of sh(1) or the mail variable of
     csh(1).

SEE ALSO
     csh(1), mail(1), sh(1), comsat(8)

HISTORY
     The biff command appeared in 4.0BSD.

BUGS
     su(1), and biff don't seem to get on too well. This is probably due to
     the tty still being owned by the person using su. This can result in
     “Permission denied” messages when attempting to change the biff status of
     your session.

     Please report bugs to netbug@ftp.uk.linux.org including diffs/patches,
     compiler error logs or as complete a bug report as is possible.

Linux NetKit (0.17)		 July 31, 1999		   Linux NetKit (0.17)
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