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author | Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-11-14 13:07:41 +0000 |
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committer | Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-11-14 13:07:41 +0000 |
commit | 32f4592764d9dda1fdbe392641e16290e50e7e11 (patch) | |
tree | 489c4301d091334fa3dcf57a4cb97cf8e17b86ac | |
parent | 3e9f0f1d298f7f1e535831cdf697f5884a6d07dc (diff) |
Document the PAGER environment variable
Sometimes users want to use freebsd-update(8) in a non-interactive way and
what they often miss is that they have to set PAGER to cat(1) in order to
avoid interactive prompts from less(1).
MFC after: 4 weeks
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=367678
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 b/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 index 0f8cbfda8f6e..54ec17b5ea36 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 24, 2019 +.Dd November 14, 2020 .Dt FREEBSD-UPDATE 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -194,6 +194,20 @@ it cannot be trusted to operate correctly. If you intend to use this command for intrusion-detection purposes, make sure you boot from a secure disk (e.g., a CD). .El +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width "PAGER" +.It Ev PAGER +The pager program used to present various reports during the execution. +.Po +Default: +.Dq Pa /usr/bin/less . +.Pc +.Pp +.Ev PAGER +can be set to +.Dq cat +when a non-interactive pager is desired. +.El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/etc/freebsd-update.conf" .It Pa /etc/freebsd-update.conf |