>Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 10:05:27 -0700 >From: John Plocher <John.Plocher at sun.com> ... ... ... > >AFAICT, this is not about removing more(1) from the system, >but updating less(1) and setting up the man command to use >the new less(1) instead of more(1) if PAGER is not set.
Not exactly. This case will cause PAGER to be set to /usr/bin/less. It will not change the man utility and will not change the mailx utility (both of which are specified by the standards to use $PAGER). > >If your shell startup script sets PAGER=/usr/bin/more, >you won't even be affected by this discussion. True; unless your shell startup script only sets PAGER if PAGER is unset. (This case sets PAGER as one of the very early steps in login shell invocation.) If you're using ksh*, $ENV can also override the way /etc/profile sets PAGER most of the time. - Don > > -John
