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Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 01:07:12 +0200
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hack_Kampbj=F8rn?= <cygwin AT hack DOT kampbjorn DOT com>
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To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: ncftp's lls requiring /bin/more
References: <20020929112901 DOT A1895 AT ms> <OE18X0hyiqLQxDqoN1s0000d3bc AT hotmail DOT com>

Brandon Saxe wrote:
> fyi: more comes with the latest cygwin setup.
> brandon saxe
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Matheson" <lang AT ms DOT chinmin DOT edu DOT tw>
> To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 11:29 PM
> Subject: ncftp's lls requiring /bin/more
> 
> 
> 
>>Another ncftp peculiarity is lls, which won't work because it
>>requires /usr/bin/more.
>>
>>The manual says you can set the environmental variable, $PAGER,
>>but that didn't work for me.
>>
>>I forced lls to work by linking /bin/less to /bin/more.

When ncftp was first ported cygwin didn't have /bin/more so it was 
patched to use less instead. It seems that we missed at least one place 
were more is referenced directly. Oh well back to patching ...


>>
>>--
>>Greg Matheson            Failed to turn my reluctant students into
> 
> autonomous
> 
>>Chinmin College          language learners, but it did wonders for my
> 
> personal
> 
>>                         fitness program.
>>Taiwan Penpals Archive <URL: http://penpals.chinmin.edu.tw/>
>>

-- 
Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards

Hack Kampbjørn


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