MKALIASES
Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (X_MAN8_EXT_X)
Updated: 31 January 1988
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NAME
mkaliases - build the aliases database for smail from the ASCII source file
SYNOPSIS
mkaliases
DESCRIPTION
Mkaliases
reads the ASCII source file for an aliases database and builds the
aliases database according to the configuration information in
X_EDITME_X.
Run this program whenever changes have been made to the ASCII source
file. If this program is not used, smail may not notice the changes
that have been made.
The aliases database can be in a
dbm(3X)
database, a sorted text file, or a plain text file. In the latter
case, the ASCII source file doubles as the database file. In the case
of an aliases database accessed through the Sun YP service,
mkdbm(8)
or the sun
makedbm(8)
program must be used to build the YP database. See the
Smail Administration Guide
(as yet unwritten) for more information on interfacing smail to the YP
service.
The
mkline(8)
program, distributed with smail, is used to remove comments and
regularize the aliases file. Then, for sorted databases, the
mksort(8)
program, with the
-f
option, is used to create the sorted database.
For
dbm
databases, the
mkdbm(8)
program, again with the
-f
option, is used to create the database. In either case, care is taken
to ensure that smail never uses a truncated or partially built
database. For plain text databases, a summary of the contents is
displayed, but no changes are actually made. If the aliases file is
accessed through the YP service, a messages is displayed stating this
and no changes are actually made.
FILES
- X_PATH_ALIASES_FILE_X
-
The name of the aliases database. This is a
- X_EDITME_X
-
The file giving the default configuration for smail.
SEE ALSO
mkline(X_MAN8_EXT_X),
mksort(X_MAN8_EXT_X),
mkdbm(X_MAN8_EXT_X),
smail(X_MAN5_EXT_X),
smail(X_MAN8_EXT_X),
ypclnt(3),
and
dbm(3X).
COPYRIGHT
Copyright(C)1987, 1988 Ronald S. Karr and Landon Curt Noll
Copyright(C)1992 Ronald S. Karr
See a file COPYING,
distributed with the source code,
or type
smail -bc
for distribution rights and restrictions
associated with this software.
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