NAME

       install-mh - initialize the nmh environment

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/mh/install-mh [-auto] [-check] [-version] [-help]

DESCRIPTION

       Install-mh is the nmh program to create the initial setup for a first-time nmh user.  Install-mh lives in
       two places for historical reasons.

       The -auto option does things as automatically as possible and makes install-mh less chatty.

       The  user is asked for the name of the directory that will be designated as the user's nmh directory.  If
       this directory does not exist, the user is asked if it  should  be  created.   Normally,  this  directory
       should  be  under  the user's home directory, and has the default name of ``Mail''.  Install-mh writes an
       initial .mh_profile for the user.

       As with all nmh commands, install-mh first checks for the existence of the $MH environment variable since
       that gives the profile path if set.  If it isn't set, the $HOME  environment  variable  is  consulted  to
       determine the user's home directory.  If $HOME is not set, then the /etc/passwd file is consulted.

       When  creating the users initial .mh_profile, install-mh will check for the existence of a global profile
       /etc/nmh/mh.profile.  If found, this will be used to initialize the new .mh_profile.

       The -check option can be used to check whether or not nmh has been installed.  This can be used by  other
       programs to determine whether or not nmh has been installed without their having to know the internals of
       nmh.

FILES

       $HOME/.mh_profile          The user profile
       /etc/nmh/mh.profile        Used to initialize user profile

PROFILE COMPONENTS

       Path:                To set the user's nmh directory

CONTEXT

       With -auto, the current folder is changed to “inbox”.

MH.6.8                                            11 June 2012                                   INSTALL-MH(8mh)