Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:36:05 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stopping Less from creating Log Files Message-ID: <20110411173605.GB5598@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <201104111636.p3BGab4r016267@x.it.okstate.edu> References: <201104111636.p3BGab4r016267@x.it.okstate.edu>
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On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 11:36:37AM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > 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. 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. I think 'more' is just a link to 'less' anyway. The binaries are the same according to dif and cmp. (not what you were asking, but...) ////jerry > > 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. > > Many thanks in advance. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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