5 .TH INSTALL-MH %manext8% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
7 install-mh \- initialize the nmh environment
10 .B %libdir%/install\-mh
18 program to create the initial setup
21 user. It is typically invoked by other
23 commands, and should NOT be directly invoked by the user.
27 program for the first time, the program will invoke
29 (with the `\-auto' switch) to query the user for the initial
31 environment. The user is asked
32 for the name of the directory that will be designated as the user's
34 directory. If this directory does not exist, the user is
35 asked if it should be created. Normally, this directory should be
36 under the user's home directory, and has the default name of
37 .RI \*(lq Mail/ \*(rq.
40 has written the initial
42 for the user, control returns to the original
52 environment variable to determine the user's home directory.
59 When creating the users initial
60 .IR \&.mh\(ruprofile ,
62 will check for the existence of a global profile
63 .IR %etcdir%/mh.profile .
64 If found, this will be used to initialize the new
65 .IR \&.mh\(ruprofile .
70 .ta \w'/usr/local/nmh/etc/ExtraBigFileName 'u
71 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
72 ^%etcdir%/mh.profile~^Used to initialize user profile
75 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
79 .ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName 'u
80 ^Path:~^To set the user's nmh directory
86 the current folder is changed to
87 .RI \*(lq inbox \*(rq.