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- .SC INSTALL-MH 8
- .NA
- install\-mh \- initialize the MH environment
- .SY
- /usr/new/lib/mh/install\-mh
- \%[\-auto]
- \%[\-compat]
- .DE
- When a user runs any \fIMH\fR program for the first time,
- the program will invoke \fIinstall\-mh\fR (with the `\-auto' switch)
- to query the user for the initial \fIMH\fR environment.
- The user does \fBNOT\fR invoke this program directly.
- The user is asked for the name of the directory that will be designated
- as the user's \fIMH\fR directory.
- If this directory does not exist, the user is asked if it should be
- created.
- Normally, this directory should be under the user's home directory,
- and has the default name of Mail/.
- After \fIinstall\-mh\fR has written the initial \&.mh\(ruprofile for
- the user,
- control returns to the original \fIMH\fR program.
-
- As with all \fIMH\fR commands,
- \fIinstall\-mh\fR first consults the \fB$HOME\fR environment variable to
- determine the user's home directory.
- If \fB$HOME\fR is not set,
- then the \fI/etc/passwd\fR file is consulted.
-
- When converting from \fImh.3\fR to \fImh.4\fR,
- \fIinstall\-mh\fR is automatically invoked with the `\-compat' switch.
- .Fi
- ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
- .Pr
- ^Path:~^To set the user's MH directory
- .Co
- With `\-auto', the current folder is changed to \*(lqinbox\*(rq.
- .En
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