Pine uses a resource file to keep track of its configuration,
    user preferences, and other information. By customizing the
    option settings in your PINE RESOURCE file, you can customize
    your pine environment to your liking. Generally the best way to
    set or change option settings in your PINE RESOURCE file is from
    within pine, via the CONFIG option of the SETUP submenu accessed
    from pine's main menu. (Context sensitive help is available
    within pine for each such configurable item so you can get hints
    on setting your options.) However, the PINE RESOURCE file is
    a normal text file, so it is also possible to modify the PINE
    RESOURCE file using a text editor.

1  –  Location

    On OpenVMS systems, the Pine resource file is named PINE.PINERC
    and is located in the PMDF_INIT: directory. By default, PMDF_
    INIT is a logical which translates to SYS$LOGIN. Users wanting
    to keep their pine resource file elsewhere can redefine the PMDF_
    INIT logical. The logical name PINERC can 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.

2  –  Format

    In the Pine resource file, any line starting with # is considered
    to be a comment line. Lines not beginning with # contain settings
    for configuration options using the format

    option=value[,value,...]

    All values are strings; quotes can be used around any value.
    If a value is absent, then the associated option is not set
    and a system-wide default setting, if there is one, will be
    used instead. For some options, only the values YES and NO are
    allowed.

    A line beginning with a space or tab is considered to be a
    continuation of the previous line.

3  –  Dollar Sign

    The dollar sign, $, has a special meaning in the Pine resource
    file: it means that the word following it is an "environment
    variable", i.e., a DCL symbol or logical name, the value of which
    is then substituted at that point in the file. To specify $ in a
    value, you need to prefix it with a backslash; e.g.,

    SYS\$LOGIN:SIGNATURE.TXT