Author: 0mp (doc,ports committer) Date: Sat Dec 12 21:02:24 2020 New Revision: 368590 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/368590
Log: MFC r367678: 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). Modified: stable/11/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 Directory Properties: stable/11/ (props changed) Modified: stable/11/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 ============================================================================== --- stable/11/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 Sat Dec 12 20:40:42 2020 (r368589) +++ stable/11/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 Sat Dec 12 21:02:24 2020 (r368590) @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 24, 2019 +.Dd November 14, 2020 .Dt FREEBSD-UPDATE 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -193,6 +193,20 @@ System", since if the system has been tampered with 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" _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
