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. > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
