Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 16:03:07 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: freyes@i-2000.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing pager for man pages globally Message-ID: <199508250633.QAA04476@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <9508250334.AA23813@i-2000.com> from "Francisco Reyes" at Aug 24, 95 11:32:04 pm
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Francisco Reyes stands accused of saying: > > I have been reading the man pages on how to change the pager > and I have not been able to find how to change them > GLOBALLY. By globally what I mean is that it takes effect to > all user. > > I found it on Linux at work since the man pages indicated > which file contained this, but I have not been able to find this > on FreeBsd. The manual page states it clearly : man uses 'more -cs' unless the PAGER environment variable is set. In your system-wide shell startup files (/etc/profile, /etc/cshrc), set the PAGER variable appropriately. This allows users to override the setting in their local configuration files if they don't like your choice. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[
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