biff(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands biff(1B)NAMEbiff - give notice of incoming mail messages
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/biff [y | n]
DESCRIPTIONbiff turns mail notification on or off for the terminal session. With
no arguments, biff displays the current notification status for the
terminal.
If notification is allowed, the terminal rings the bell and displays
the header and the first few lines of each arriving mail message. biff
operates asynchronously. For synchronized notices, use the MAIL vari‐
able of sh(1) or the mail variable of csh(1).
A `biff y' command can be included in your ~/.login or ~/.profile file
for execution when you log in.
OPTIONS
y Allow mail notification for the terminal.
n Disable notification for the terminal.
FILES
~/.login User's login file
~/.profile User's profile file
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWscpu │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOcsh(1), mail(1), sh(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 14 Sep 1992 biff(1B)