Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 13:07:41 +0000 (UTC) From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r367678 - head/usr.sbin/freebsd-update Message-ID: <202011141307.0AED7fuL017641@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: 0mp (doc,ports committer) Date: Sat Nov 14 13:07:41 2020 New Revision: 367678 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/367678 Log: Document the PAGER environment variable Sometimes users want to use freebsd-update(8) in a non-interactive way and what they often miss is that they have to set PAGER to cat(1) in order to avoid interactive prompts from less(1). MFC after: 4 weeks Modified: head/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 Modified: head/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 Sat Nov 14 12:02:50 2020 (r367677) +++ head/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 Sat Nov 14 13:07:41 2020 (r367678) @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 24, 2019 +.Dd November 14, 2020 .Dt FREEBSD-UPDATE 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -193,6 +193,20 @@ System", since if the system has been tampered with it cannot be trusted to operate correctly. If you intend to use this command for intrusion-detection purposes, make sure you boot from a secure disk (e.g., a CD). +.El +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width "PAGER" +.It Ev PAGER +The pager program used to present various reports during the execution. +.Po +Default: +.Dq Pa /usr/bin/less . +.Pc +.Pp +.Ev PAGER +can be set to +.Dq cat +when a non-interactive pager is desired. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/etc/freebsd-update.conf"
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