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Re: .mailrc question

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From: Aryeh Friedman
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 19:05
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In article <1992Oct26.180957.7162@ariel.ec.usf.edu> drc@gauss.math.usf.edu. (David Cabana) writes:
>I am using the SET CRT command in my .mailrc file to instruct the
>mail reader to use more to read anything over 45 lines long.  When
>mail invokes more, I would like it to call more with the -c option.
>Can anyone tell me how to do this?

In your .login or some other file that has your account wide env varibles,
e.g. .cshrc or .profile, put the following:

	For sh or ksh:

		set pager="/usr/ucb/more -c";export pager

	For csh:
		
		setenv PAGER "/usr/ucb/more -c"

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