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 >	***** inmet:net.notes / lsuc!dave /  9:39 pm  Feb  4, 1985
 >	In article <26000001@smu.UUCP> joe@smu.UUCP writes:
 >	||Notes looks at the environment variable PAGER to determine
 >	||if you want to use a different program than /usr/ucb/more to look at
 >	||the help page.  The problem is there is no way to pass parameters to
 >	||the program. (e.g., I would like to run my own pager program, say
 >	||page, invoking it as page -s).  Has anyone fixed this?
 >	
 >	Well, it's a kludge, but you can create your own shell file which
 >	simply calls page -s, and make the shell file your $PAGER.
 >	Dave Sherman
 >	{utzoo pesnta nrcaero utcs}!lsuc!dave
 >	{allegra decvax ihnp4 linus}!utcsrgv!lsuc!dave
 >	
Non-kludge:

more on 4.1BSD looks at the environment variable MORE to decide
what parameters to invoke itself with. See the man page.

	e.g. (from my .login for my login c-shell)
setenv MORE	-sl
setenv PAGER	'/usr/ucb/more'

I suspect this is true on 4.2BSD and 2.9BSD systems as well.

"Oh, the nested webs we weave..."

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