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NAME
checkalias - check to see if an alias is defined.
SYNOPSIS
checkalias alias, alias, ...
DESCRIPTION
Checkalias checks the user file first, and then the system alias file to
try to find the specified alias or aliases. If found, the value of the
alias is printed out, otherwise an error is generated.
Note: this is in fact a one-line shell script;
elm -c $*
AUTHOR
Dave Taylor, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
SEE ALSO
newalias(1L), elm(1L), mail(1), mailx(1)
BUGS
Note that the precedence of aliases is user file then system file. This
means that a user can 'overload' an alias by having one defined in the
system file also defined in theirs. This shouldn't turn out to be a
problem, but is something for the system administrator to keep in mind
when creating the system alias file.
BUG REPORTS TO
Syd Weinstein elm@DSI.COM (dsinc!elm)
COPYRIGHTS
(c) Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor
(c) Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990 by The USENET Community Trust