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Date:	Sat, 15 Sep 2001 08:14:00 +0100
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From:	David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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To:	"David A. Cobb" <superbiskit AT home DOT com>
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Subject:	less is more
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On Friday 14 Sep 01, David A. Cobb writes:
> Regretably, the latest xemacs configure uses more to deal with configure 
>   --help.  I'm sure that isn't the only piece of *Nix software that 
> assumes the existence of more.
> 
> I fixed it, of course, by ln -s /usr/bin/less /usr/bin/more.

Alternatively:

export PAGER=less

should solve the problem (if I remember correctly).

I should add this hint to the FAQ entry "Where can I find more?"

Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)


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