September 1995: alternatives

Alternatives are a system to keep track of multiple binaries providing similar functionality. Each alternative is assigned a priority for automatic selection, but admin can override.

pager - status is auto.
 link currently points to /usr/bin/less
/usr/bin/w3m - priority 25
 slave pager.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/w3m.1.gz
/usr/bin/less - priority 77
 slave pager.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/less.1.gz
/bin/more - priority 50
Current `best' version is /usr/bin/less.