PREV(1)                       [mh.6]                      PREV(1)


NAME
       prev - show the previous message

SYNOPSIS
       prev  [+folder]  [-header] [-noheader] [-showproc program]
            [-noshowproc] [-switches for showproc] [-help]

DESCRIPTION
       Prev performs a show on the previous message in the speci-
       fied  (or  current)  folder.   Like  show,  it  passes any
       switches on to the program named  by  showproc,  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 MH directory
       Current-Folder:      To find the default current folder
       showproc:            Program to show the message

SEE ALSO
       show(1), next(1)

DEFAULTS
       `+folder' defaults to the current folder
       `-format'
       `-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 MH  profile
       and add the argument prev to the entry.















MH                        April 22, 1986                        1