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- From: sastjw@terrier.unx.sas.com (Tom Wilmore)
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- Subject: Re: aliases - simple question
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 14:56:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.122125.17225@infodev.cam.ac.uk>, mh10006@cl.cam.ac.uk (Mark Humphrys) writes:
- |> simple question, but I can't find it in man or the FAQ:
- |> can you have nested aliases in mh/xmh?
- |>
- |> these work for me:
- |>
- |> john: user@node.etc.etc
- |> joe: user@node.etc.etc
- |>
- |> but then I'd like this to work:
- |>
- |> friends: john, joe
- |>
- |> how do I do this?
- |> - reply via e-mail if this is really too infantile a question
- |>
- |> thanks
- |> - Mark
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- This works for me if I specify the 'friends: john, joe' first and
- then the 'john: user@node.etc.etc' and 'joe: user@node.etc.etc' in
- my alias file.
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