Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:22:23 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: "Kenyon Ralph" <kralph@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is $PAGER defined? Message-ID: <20060323072223.671d814a@localhost> In-Reply-To: <13d4d6bb0603221159sb7b2316n8a3e75c3a2d17427@mail.gmail.com> References: <13d4d6bb0603220348m4aee6c81t4f136076eaea2d10@mail.gmail.com> <20060322234507.3ec7531a@localhost> <13d4d6bb0603221159sb7b2316n8a3e75c3a2d17427@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:59:38 -0800 "Kenyon Ralph" <kralph@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3/22/06, Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 03:48:50 -0800 > > "Kenyon Ralph" <kralph@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > If I define PAGER myself in /etc/profile, it is still set to > > > "more" upon login. I've done grep -R PAGER /etc and got nothing > > > (except /etc/profile of course, which apparently is being > > > overridden). > > > > ~/.bashrc > > > > i believe its run after .profile (and the system > > wide /etc/profile), so it gets overriden. > > > > it may also depend on your shell of choice (bash v3 here) > > Ah, it's actually not in ~/.bashrc, but your email helped me find it. > It was in ~/.profile. Thanks! np - i must have copied my .profile to .bashrc then :)
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