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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.













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