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CCCCHHHHEEEECCCCKKKKAAAALLLLIIIIAAAASSSS((((1111LLLL))))UUUUSSSSEEEENNNNEEEETTTT CCCCoooommmmmmmmuuuunnnniiiittttyyyy TTTTrrrruuuusssstttt ((((EEEEllllmmmm VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 2222....4444))))CCCCHHHHEEEECCCCKKKKAAAALLLLIIIIAAAASSSS((((1111LLLL))))
NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
checkalias - check to see if an alias is defined.
SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
cccchhhheeeecccckkkkaaaalllliiiiaaaassss alias, alias, ...
DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
_C_h_e_c_k_a_l_i_a_s 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 $*
AAAAUUUUTTTTHHHHOOOORRRR
Elm Development Group
SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
elm(1L), elmalias(1L), newalias(1L), mail(1), mailx(1)
BBBBUUUUGGGGSSSS
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.
BBBBUUUUGGGG RRRREEEEPPPPOOOORRRRTTTTSSSS TTTTOOOO
Syd Weinstein elm@DSI.COM (dsinc!elm)
CCCCOOOOPPPPYYYYRRRRIIIIGGGGHHHHTTTTSSSS
Copyright 1988-1992 by The USENET Community Trust
Derived from Elm 2.0, Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor
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