GNU Less 290 Release Notes

This document contains the following major sections:

• Installation Information
• Documentation Information

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The original distribution of GNU Less-290 is subject to the following Copyright:

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Release Identification Information

Following is the release identification information for Less:

Software Product: Freeware 1.0 Less
Release: 290
System Software Requirements: IRIX 5.3 or later

Online Release Notes

After you install the online release notes for a product (the relnotes subsystem), you can view the release notes on your screen. Using your favorite Web Browser (e.g. netscape) select the index file for viewing.

Author

The author of GNU Less-290 is Mark Nudelman (markn@3do.com), who is not responsible for changes made in this SGI version.

Installation Information

Less Subsystems

Less includes these subsystems:

fw_GNUless.sw.less

Contains the core Less software; essential to run Less.

fw_GNUless.man.manpages

Contains preformatted, on-line pages for use with man(1).

fw_GNUless.man.relnotes

Contains SGI release notes in html format; they can be read with an HTML viewer like xmosaic or netscape

fw_GNUless.src.less

Contains complete source code to GNU Less-290 plus SGI additions.

Less Subsystem Disk Space Requirements

This section lists the subsystems of Less, and their sizes.

If you are installing this product for the first time, the subsystems marked ``default'' are the ones that are installed if you use the ``go'' menu item. To install a different set of subsystems, use the ``install,'' ``remove,'' ``keep,'' and ``step'' commands in inst to customize the list of subsystems to be installed, then select the ``go'' menu item.

Note: The listed subsystem sizes are approximate. Refer to the Software Installation Administrator's Guide for information on finding exact sizes.

Subsystem	Size
fw_GNUless.man.manpages	36 Kb
fw_GNUless.man.relnotes	7 Kb
fw_GNUless.src.less	655 Kb
fw_GNUless.sw.less	151 Kb

Installation Method

All of the subsystems for Less can be installed using IRIX. You do not need to use the miniroot. Refer to the Software Installation Administrator's Guide for complete installation instructions.

Prerequisites

Your workstation must be running IRIX 5.3 or later in order to use this product.

Documentation Information