1BIFF(1) 386BSD Reference Manual BIFF(1) 2 3NNAAMMEE 4 bbiiffff - be notified if mail arrives and who it is from 5 6SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS 7 bbiiffff [nnyy] 8 9DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN 10 BBiiffff informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives 11 during the current terminal session. 12 13 Options supported by bbiiffff: 14 15 nn Disables notification. 16 17 yy Enables notification. 18 19 When mail notification is enabled, the header and first few lines of the 20 message will be printed on your screen whenever mail arrives. A ``biff 21 y'' command is often included in the file ._l_o_g_i_n or ._p_r_o_f_i_l_e to be 22 executed at each login. 23 24 BBiiffff operates asynchronously. For synchronous notification use the _M_A_I_L 25 variable of sh(1) or the _m_a_i_l variable of csh(1). 26 27SSEEEE AALLSSOO 28 csh(1), mail(1), sh(1), comsat(8) 29 30HHIISSTTOORRYY 31 The bbiiffff command appeared in 4.0BSD. 32 334th Berkeley Distribution March 14, 1991 1 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67