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



NAME
       install-mh - initialize the nmh environment

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

DESCRIPTION
       Install-mh is the nmh program to create the initial setup for a
       first-time nmh user.  Install-mh lives in two places for historical
       reasons.

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

       The user is asked for the name of the directory that will 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 gives the profile path if set.
       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 users initial .mh__profile, install-mh will check for
       the existence of a global profile /usr/local/lib/nmh/mh.profile.  If
       found, this will be used to initialize the new .mh__profile.

       The -check option can be used to check whether or not nmh has been
       installed.  This can be used by other programs to determine whether or
       not nmh has been installed without their having to know the internals
       of nmh.

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-1.6                          June 10, 2012                   INSTALL-MH(1)
