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less is more
- To: "David A. Cobb" <superbiskit at home dot com>
- Subject: less is more
- From: David Starks-Browning <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 08:14:00 +0100
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- References: <3BA26F5C.9050400@home.com>
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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