On Tuesday 27 May 2003 17:11, Travis Crump wrote: > From man man: > > PAGER If $PAGER is set, its value is used as the name of the program > used to display the manual page. By default, exec /usr/bin/pager -s is > used. > > /usr/bin/pager can be changed using /usr/bin/update-alternatives
>From the workstation: deb2:~# ls -l /usr/bin/pager lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Mar 18 08:07 /usr/bin/pager -> /etc/alternatives/pager deb2:~# ls -l /etc/alternatives/pag ls: /etc/alternatives/pag: No such file or directory deb2:~# ls -l /etc/alternatives/pager lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Mar 18 13:48 /etc/alternatives/pager -> /usr/bin/less Found less package using "dpkg -l" >From the minimal server: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/pager lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 May 19 15:02 /usr/bin/pager -> /etc/alternatives/pager [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /etc/a ls: /etc/a: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/pager lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 19 15:02 /etc/alternatives/pager-> /bin/more "apt-get install less" automagically changes /etc/alternatives/pager <kick target=self cause="not reading man man carefully" \> Thanks, -- Mike M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
