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3 total messages Started by drc David Cabana Mon, 26 Oct 1992 18:09

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Author: drc David Cabana
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1992 18:09

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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?
			Thanks,
			drc

Re: .mailrc question

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Author: 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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Re: .mailrc question

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Author: Philip A Guenther
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 17:36

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In article <1culd3INNci@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> aryeh@cash.ucsc.edu (Aryeh Friedman) writes:
   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
This should be

	PAGER="/usr/ucb/more -c"; export PAGER

	   For csh:

		   setenv PAGER "/usr/ucb/more -c"

And there is actually an easier way to do this.  more examines the
MORE environment variable for options to use.  So you should instead
use in sh/ksh/bash:

	MORE=-c; export MORE

in csh/tcsh:

	setenv MORE -c

This has the added benifit of working with *every* invocation of more,
not only those that go through PAGER.

Philip Guenther
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