NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       next  -  show  the next message (only available within the
       message handling system, mh)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       next [+foldername] [-[no]header] [-help]  [-showproc  program]
 [-noshowproc] [options to showproc]

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Displays  a one-line header before the message. The header
       consists of the name of the folder and the message number.
       This  is  the  default behavior. It can be suppressed with
       the -noheader option.  Prints a list of the valid  options
       to this command.  Specifies an alternative program to list
       messages. The default is to use the program defined by the
       showproc:  entry  in  the file. As with show, you can give
       options to the showproc program at the command line. These
       are  passed  directly to showproc by next. (If you specify
       an option that has  a  numerical  value,  leave  no  space
       between  the argument and the value.  See RESTRICTIONS for
       more information.)

       The defaults for this command are:

       +folder defaults to the current folder
       -header

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The command next displays the next message in the  current
       folder. The next message is the one after the current message
 in the folder. The message that is shown becomes  the
       current message.

       If you name a folder using the +folder argument, next displays
 the next message in the  folder  you  specify.  That
       folder becomes the current folder.

RESTRICTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  next command is really a link to the show program. As
       a result, if you make a link to next and that link is  not
       called  next,  your  link  will  act like show instead. To
       avoid this, add a profile-entry for the link to  your  and
       add the argument next to the entry.

       Also,  if you use the showproc switch to specify an alternative
 viewer, leave no space between the  options  specified
 with the viewer and their values. For example, if you
       want to use the more command to scroll through messages in
       your inbox folder, and you want to pause every five lines,
       you would enter the following command, where there  is  no
       space  between the option n and the value 5: % next +inbox
       -showproc more -n5

       If there is space between the option n and  the  value  5,
       the command interprets 5 as a message number to view.

PROFILE COMPONENTS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Path: To determine the user's Mail directory

       showproc: Program to show the message

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The user profile.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       show(1), prev(1), mh_profile(4)



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