INSTALL-MH(1)               General Commands Manual              INSTALL-MH(1)



NAME
       install-mh - initialize the nmh environment

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/local/libexec/nmh/install-mh [-help] [-version] [-auto] [-check]

DESCRIPTION
       install-mh creates the initial setup for a first-time nmh user.
       install-mh is installed in two locations for historical reasons.

       The -auto switch does things as automatically as possible and makes
       install-mh less chatty.

       The user is prompted for the name of the directory to be designated as
       the user's nmh 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'.
       install-mh writes an initial .mh__profile for the user.

       As with all nmh commands, install-mh first checks for the existence of
       the $MH environment variable, since that, if set, gives the profile
       path.  If it isn't set, the $HOME environment variable is consulted to
       determine the user's home directory.  If $HOME is not set, then the
       /etc/passwd file is consulted.

       When creating the user's .mh__profile, install-mh will check for the
       existence of a global profile at /usr/local/lib/nmh/mh.profile.  If
       found, this will be used to initialize the new .mh__profile.

       The -check switch checks if nmh is installed.  (This can be used by
       other programs to determine if nmh has been installed.)

FILES
       $HOME/.mh_profile   The user's profile.
       /usr/local/lib/nmh/mh.profile
                           Used to initialize user's profile.

PROFILE COMPONENTS
       Path:               To set the user's nmh directory.

CONTEXT
       With -auto, the current folder is changed to "inbox".



nmh-1.7.1                         2002-11-18                     INSTALL-MH(1)
