5 .TH INSTALL-MH %manext8% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
7 install-mh \- initialize the nmh environment
11 .B %libdir%/install\-mh
20 program to create the initial setup
23 user. It is typically invoked by other
25 commands, and should NOT be directly invoked by the user.
29 program for the first time, the program will invoke
31 (with the `\-auto' switch) to query the user for the initial
33 environment. The user is asked
34 for the name of the directory that will be designated as the user's
36 directory. If this directory does not exist, the user is
37 asked if it should be created. Normally, this directory should be
38 under the user's home directory, and has the default name of
39 .RI \*(lq Mail/ \*(rq.
42 has written the initial
44 for the user, control returns to the original
54 environment variable to determine the user's home directory.
61 When creating the users initial
62 .IR \&.mh\(ruprofile ,
64 will check for the existence of a global profile
65 .IR %etcdir%/mh.profile .
66 If found, this will be used to initialize the new
67 .IR \&.mh\(ruprofile .
72 .ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
73 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
74 ^%etcdir%/mh.profile~^Used to initialize user profile
77 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
81 .ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName 'u
82 ^Path:~^To set the user's nmh directory
88 the current folder is changed to
89 .RI \*(lq inbox \*(rq.