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[ILUG] less problem

[ILUG] less problem

kevin lyda kevin at suberic.net
Mon Feb 5 15:40:03 GMT 2001


On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 03:02:33PM -0000, Paul Askins wrote:
> P.S.  I tried the "less --help" as suggested above, but this produces the same
> error.  less any_file_name will fail for everyone but root.

something in your environment is pissing less off.  type

    env|grep LESS

see what's there.  it's either set in your ~/.profile (or whatever
your home dir shell config script is).  or in the config file
from /etc used by your shell.

kevin

-- 
kevin at suberic.net        i...  i have a dream.  and that dream is:
fork()'ed on 37058400    use DIY::Tiler;
meatspace place: work    my($t) = new DIY::Tiler;
                         $t->tile(-room => "en-suite", -style => "stone");




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