char *cp; /* miscellaneous pointer */
char *nd; /* nmh directory pointer */
struct stat st; /* stat() results */
- register struct passwd *pw; /* getpwuid() results */
- register FILE *ib; /* profile and context file pointer */
+ struct passwd *pw; /* getpwuid() results */
+ FILE *ib; /* profile and context file pointer */
int failed_to_lock = 0;
/*
if ((cp = getenv("MH")) && *cp != '\0') {
defpath = path(cp, TFILE);
+ /* defpath is an absolute path; make sure that always MH is, too. */
+ setenv("MH", defpath, 1);
if (stat(defpath, &st) != -1 && (st.st_mode & S_IFREG) == 0)
adios((char *)0, "`%s' specified by your MH environment variable is not a normal file", cp);
cp = concat ("Your MH-directory \"", nd, "\" doesn't exist; Create it? ", NULL);
- if (!getanswer(cp))
+ if (!read_yes_or_no_if_tty(cp))
adios (NULL, "unable to access MH-directory \"%s\"", nd);
free (cp);