MH Library Directory

The library directory (in the Figure Important parts of a UNIX filesystem, /usr/local/lib/mh) is usually separate from the MH binaries directory. Again, the location is system-dependent -- but the pathname usually has mh and lib someplace in it. The directory has text files like scan.size and scan.timely, standard template files for draft messages such as components, and a few special executable programs like mhl.

You can save the location of the MH library directory in your MH profile by using a handy trick with the mhparam command. Then, whenever you need the library directory pathname, use mhparam in backquotes:

% cp `mhparam library`/replcomps .       ...copy system replcomps file
% cd `mhparam library`              ...now run commands in library directory...

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