NAME

       prev - show the previous message

SYNOPSIS

       prev [+folder] [-showproc program] [-showmimeproc program] [-header | -noheader]
            [-checkmime | -nocheckmime] [switches for showproc or showmimeproc] [-version]
            [-help]

DESCRIPTION

       Prev  performs  a show on the previous message in the specified (or current) folder.  Like
       show, it passes any switches on to the program named by showproc or showmimeproc, which is
       called  to  list  the  message.  This command is almost exactly equivalent to “show prev”.
       Consult the manual entry for show(1) for all the details.

FILES

       $HOME/.mh_profile          The user profile

PROFILE COMPONENTS

       Path:                To determine the user's nmh directory
       Current-Folder:      To find the default current folder
       showproc:            Program to show non-MIME messages
       showmimeproc:        Program to show MIME messages

SEE ALSO

       next(1), show(1)

DEFAULTS

       `+folder' defaults to the current folder
       `-checkmime'
       `-header'

CONTEXT

       If a folder is specified, it will become the current folder.  The message  that  is  shown
       (i.e., the previous message in sequence) will become the current message.

BUGS

       prev  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  circumvent  this,
       add  a  profile-entry  for  the  link to your nmh profile and add the argument prev to the
       entry.