PREV(1)

NAME
prev - show the previous message

SYNOPSIS
prev [+folder] [-header] [-noheader] [-showproc program] [-noshowproc] [-switches for showproc] [-help]

DESCRIPTION
Prev performs a show on the previous message in the specified (or current) folder. Like show, it passes any switches on to the program named by showproc, which is called to list the message. This command is almost exactly equivalent to "show prev". Consult the manual entry for show (1) for all the details.
$HOME/.mh_profile    The user profile
Path:    To determine the user's MH directory
Current-Folder:    To find the default current folder
showproc:    Program to show the message
show(1), next(1) `+folder' defaults to the current folder `-header' If a folder is specified, it will become the current folder. The message that is shown (i.e., the previous message in sequence) will become the current message. prev is really a link to the show program. As a result, if you make a link to prev and that link is not called prev, your link will act like show instead. To circumvent this, add a profile-entry for the link to your MH profile and add the argument prev to the entry.