[illumos-Developer] more & less

[Andre van Eyssen]

On Sun, 5 Dec 2010, Garrett D'Amore wrote:

> That's a strange one.  less shouldn't have any external dependencies, so
> I don't know why it wouldn't work in single user mode.  Can you describe
> what actually happens when you try to use it.

I've not run into less failing to run in single user mode, but it does 
have heavier requirements in terms of a working terminal definition. more 
will work even if you have no TERM set and is a lot friendlier on random 
serial connections, etc.

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