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ALI

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: MH.6.8
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NAME

ali - list mail aliases

SYNOPSIS

ali[-alias aliasfile][-list] [-nolist][-normalize] [-nonormalize][-user] [-nouser]aliases ...[-help]

DESCRIPTION

Alisearches the named mail alias files for each of the given aliases.It creates a list of addresses for those aliases,and writes that list on standard output.If the `-list' option is specified, each address appears on a separate line;otherwise, the addresses are separated by commas and printed onas few lines as possible.

The `-user' option directs ali to perform its processing in aninverted fashion:instead of listing the addresses that each given alias expands to,ali will list the aliases that expand to each given address.If the `-normalize' switch is given,ali will try to track down the official hostname of the address.

The files specified by the profile entry ``Aliasfile:'' and anyadditional alias files given by the `-alias aliasfile' switch will be read.Each alias is processed as described in mh-alias (5).^$HOME/.mh_profile~^The user profile^/etc/passwd~^List of users^/etc/group~^List of groups^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory^Aliasfile:~^For a default alias filemh-alias(5)`-alias /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases'`-nolist'`-nonormalize'`-nouser'NoneThe `-user' option with `-nonormalize' is not entirely accurate,as it does not replace local nicknames for hosts with their officialsite names.

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