NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

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

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       prev [+folder] [-[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 prev.

       The defaults for this command are:

       +folder  defaults to the current folder
       -header

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The prev command displays the previous message in the current
 folder.  The previous message is the one  before  the
       current  message in the folder.  The message that is shown
       becomes the current message.

       You can specify a folder other than the current folder  by
       using  the +folder argument. If you specify a folder, that
       becomes the current folder.

RESTRICTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

PROFILE COMPONENTS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Path: To determine your Mail directory

       showproc: Program to show the message

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The command in the following example displays the previous
       message in the folder +copylog: $ prev +copylog

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The user profile.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       show(1), next(1)



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