Re: ncftp's lls requiring /bin/more

[Hack Kampbjørn <cygwin at hack dot kampbjorn dot com>]

Brandon Saxe wrote:
> fyi: more comes with the latest cygwin setup.
> brandon saxe
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Matheson" <lang@ms.chinmin.edu.tw>
> To: <cygwin@cygwin.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/>
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Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards

Hack Kampbjørn


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