svn commit: r367678 - head/usr.sbin/freebsd-update

[Mateusz Piotrowski]

Author: 0mp (doc,ports committer)
Date: Sat Nov 14 13:07:41 2020
New Revision: 367678
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/367678

Log:
  Document the PAGER environment variable
  
  Sometimes users want to use freebsd-update(8) in a non-interactive way and
  what they often miss is that they have to set PAGER to cat(1) in order to
  avoid interactive prompts from less(1).
  
  MFC after:	4 weeks

Modified:
  head/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8

Modified: head/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8	Sat Nov 14 12:02:50 2020	(r367677)
+++ head/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8	Sat Nov 14 13:07:41 2020	(r367678)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 24, 2019
+.Dd November 14, 2020
 .Dt FREEBSD-UPDATE 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -193,6 +193,20 @@ System", since if the system has been tampered with
 it cannot be trusted to operate correctly.
 If you intend to use this command for intrusion-detection
 purposes, make sure you boot from a secure disk (e.g., a CD).
+.El
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
+.Bl -tag -width "PAGER"
+.It Ev PAGER
+The pager program used to present various reports during the execution.
+.Po
+Default:
+.Dq Pa /usr/bin/less .
+.Pc
+.Pp
+.Ev PAGER
+can be set to
+.Dq cat
+when a non-interactive pager is desired.
 .El
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/freebsd-update.conf"