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prev(1)


NAME

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


SYNOPSIS

  prev [+folder] [-[no]header] [-help] [-showproc program] [-noshowproc]
  [options to showproc]


OPTIONS

  -header

  -noheader
      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.

  -help
      Prints a list of the valid options to this command.

  -showproc program [ options ]

  -noshowproc
      Specifies an alternative program to list messages. The default is to
      use the program defined by the showproc: entry in the .mh_profile 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

  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

  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

  Path: To determine your Mail directory

  showproc: Program to show the message


EXAMPLES

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

       $ prev +copylog


FILES

  $HOME/.mh_profile
      The user profile.


SEE ALSO

  show(1), next(1)

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