on Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 05:12:13PM -0600, ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I was wondering if there was anyway to permanently change the > environment variable TERM from xterm-debian to just xterm? > When I access pine at work to read mail it flips out. The > server is running redhat and it's not changing. It seems I've > seen this come up a while back but I can't find anything in the > archives. Why xterm-debian anyway? What is the benefit? > Thanks, > kent
In your .profile on the remote box:
if [ "$TERM" = "xterm-debian" ]; then
export TERM=xterm
fi
...for a large set of values you want to test for, a case/esac statement
might be more appropriate.
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