From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 12 23:12:20 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5F5E106566C for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:12:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com) Received: from mail.r-bonomi.com (mx-out.r-bonomi.com [204.87.227.120]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DA3F8FC16 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:12:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from bonomi@localhost) by mail.r-bonomi.com (8.14.4/rdb1) id p3CNCAL2076350; Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:12:10 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:12:10 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Bonomi Message-Id: <201104122312.p3CNCAL2076350@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu In-Reply-To: <201104111636.p3BGab4r016267@x.it.okstate.edu> Cc: Subject: Re: Stopping Less from creating Log Files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:12:20 -0000 > Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:36:37 -0500 > From: Martin McCormick > Subject: Stopping Less from creating Log Files > > This is a minor problem but I use "more" to read Email messages > from nmh. If one forgets what screen one is in, it is possible > to start typing and create a log file of the message in which > ever mailbox directory one is reading out of. > > The man page for more is actually linked to less even > though FreeBSD has /usr/bin/more and less. There is only one executable -- it has two hard links, thus giving the alternate names. > I even tried in the > .mh_profile to call more with -Oo/dev/null but if you hit a key, > the "logfile" prompt appears and any subsequent key strokes are > part of the new file name. > > This really is only a minor nuisance because it creates > junk files that then have to be removed from the directory. So, > if there is a way to make more or less not write anything, it > would be more or less appreciated. It is said: "For every fool-proof system, there exists a sufficiently-determined fool capable of breaking it." We have a winner! For the named programs, more or less, anyway.