archie/release/base/help/english/set/=
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The 'set' command allows you to set one of archie's variables. Their
values affect how archie interacts with the user. archie distinguishes
between three types of variable: "boolean", which may be either set or
unset, "numeric", representing an integer within a pre-determined range,
and "string", whose value is a string of characters (which may or may
not be restricted).
Currently, the variables that may be set are:
autologout - numeric. Number of minutes before automatic log out
compress - string. Compression algorithm to be used
encode - string. Encoding algorithm to be used
(with compress)
language - string. Language of help facility
mailto - string. Address that output is to be mailed to
match_domain - string. List of domains of sites for matches
match_path - string. List of filename components for matches
maxhits - numeric. 'find' stops after this many hits
maxhitspm - numeric. Max number of hits per given filename
maxmatch - numeric. Max number of filenames to return
max_split_size - numeric. Approx. max size of file part to be mailed
output_format - string. How the output is to be displayed
pager - boolean. If set, use the pager, otherwise don't
search - string. How 'find' is to search the database
sortby - string. How 'find' output is to be sorted
status - boolean. Report how the search is progressing
term - string. Describes your terminal
Each variable has a corresponding subtopic entry under 'set'. See them for
more details. Also, see help on 'unset' and 'show'.