PMDF User's Guide
OpenVMS Edition
PMDF-USR-VMS-6.0

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6.3.1 The Pine resource file

Pine uses a resource file to keep track of its configuration, user preferences, and other information. On OpenVMS systems, this file is named PINE.PINERC and is located in the PMDF_INIT: directory.³ By default, PMDF_INIT is a logical which translates to SYS$LOGIN. Users wishing to keep their Pine resource file elsewhere can redefine the PMDF_INIT logical.4 The logical name PINERC may be used to specify an alternate file name. For instance, the definition 

$ DEFINE PINERC PINE.RC
causes the file name PINE.RC to instead be used, thereby accessing the file 
PMDF_INIT:PINE.RC
The definition of the PINERC logical must not contain a device or directory reference.

See Section 6.6 for a description of the many Pine configuration options available in the Pine resource file.

Note

³ PMDF Pine does not use the same resource file name as on UNIX, .pinerc, as it is not advisable on OpenVMS to use file names with only an extension part.

4 Note that redefining PMDF_INIT also affects the location of a number of other PMDF initialization files.

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