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NAMEnewalias — install new elm aliases for user or system SYNOPSISnewalias
[-g] Remarksnewalias
replaces the former functionality of the
elmalias
command. DESCRIPTIONThe
newalias
command creates new alias database files from an alias text file
for use by
elm
and other programs.
For user aliases, this functionality can also be performed
from the Alias Menu of the
elm
program (see
elm(1)). Optionsnewalias
recognizes the following option:
- -g
Global.
The program updates the system alias files
instead of a user's alias files.
OperationWithout the
-g
option,
newalias
updates a user's alias files,
based on an input file named
Upon finding the file, it creates the output files named
$HOME/.elm/aliases
$HOME/.elm/aliases.dir
$HOME/.elm/aliases.pag With the
-g
option,
newalias
updates the system alias files,
based on an input file named
/var/mail/.elm/aliases.text Upon finding the file, it creates the output files named
/var/mail/.elm/aliases
/var/mail/.elm/aliases.dir
/var/mail/.elm/aliases.pag In either case, you need read access to the
aliases.text
file and write access to the other files and the
.elm
directory. Text File EntriesEach entry in either
aliases.text
file is expected to be in the following format:
alias-list =
[lastname [;
firstname]] [,
comment] = address-list
Field NamesThe field names are defined as follows:
- address-list
A blank- or comma-separated list of one or more mail addresses,
personal alias names, and/or group alias names. In practice, each item is tested first as an alias name.
If it is not an alias name, it is assumed to be a mail address.
A mail address can be in Internet form
(user@host.domain),
in UUCP form
(host.domain!user),
or in
sendmail
alias form (see
sendmail(1M)).
It can also be the name of a local mail user,
which is appended with the local host name in Internet form. - alias-list
A blank- or comma-separated list of alias names.
Each name identifies the same alias entry.
An alias name can be made up of letters
(A-Z,
a-z),
digits
(0-9),
underscores
(_),
dashes
(-),
and periods
(.).
Alias names are not case-sensitive, so
dave
and
Dave
are equivalent. - comment
A string containing any information you wish about the entry,
such as location and phone numbers.
It is displayed in the Alias Menu of the
elm
program, but
elm
does not transmit it in a mail message.
This field can contain any characters except an unquoted equal sign
(=).
See the Quoting Characters subsection. - firstname
The first name of the person (or group).
It is combined with
lastname
to form the
fullname.
This field can contain any characters except an unquoted equal sign
(=)
or an unquoted comma
(,).
See the Quoting Characters subsection. The only first name under the Personal or Group Aliases subheading below is:
John
in
Smith; John. - lastname
The last name of the person (or group).
It is combined with
firstname
to form the
fullname.
This field can contain any characters except an unquoted equal sign
(=),
an unquoted semicolon
(;),
or an unquoted comma
(,).
See the Quoting Characters subsection. The last names under the Personal or Group Aliases subheading below are:
Dave Taylor,
Smith,
Unix Gurus,
and
Unix people. - fullname
The combination of
firstname lastname.
It is usually sent in a mail header in parentheses after the address.
It is also displayed in the Alias Menu of the
elm
program and
by the
elmalias
command (see
elm(1)
and
elmalias(1)).
DelimitersThe delimiters have the following precedence:
The first and second equal signs
(=)
mark the end of the
alias-list
and the beginning of the
address-list,
respectively.
Both equal signs are required. The first comma
(,)
after the first equal sign
and before the second equal sign
marks the beginning of the
comment
field. The first semicolon
(;)
after the first equal sign
and before the next comma
or second equal sign
marks the beginning of the
firstname
field.
Personal or Group AliasesA personal or individual alias has only one address in
address-list,
as in:
dave, taylor = Dave Taylor = taylor@company.com
j_smith = Smith; John, 408-555-1212 =johns@pocahontas.gov A group alias has two or more addresses in
address-list,
as in:
gurus = Unix Gurus = alan, john, dave, mike,
richard, larry, t_richardson
unix = Unix people = gurus, taylor, jonboy Other RulesEntries can be continued over several lines;
the continuation lines must start with a blank (a space or tab). A comment is any line starting with a number sign
(#).
It is ignored. Blank lines and comments can be interspersed within entries. Quoting CharactersYou can include normally excluded characters in
firstname,
lastname,
comment,
and mail addresses in
address-list
by escaping each character with a backslash
(\)
or by enclosing the string in quotation marks
(").
To include a quotation mark or a backslash,
escape it with a backslash,
whether inside or outside quotation marks. FILES- $HOME/.elm/aliases
User alias database data table - $HOME/.elm/aliases.dir
User alias database directory table - $HOME/.elm/aliases.pag
User alias database hash table - $HOME/.elm/aliases.text
User alias source text - /var/mail/.elm/aliases
System alias database data table - /var/mail/.elm/aliases.dir
System alias database directory table - /var/mail/.elm/aliases.pag
System alias database hash table - /var/mail/.elm/aliases.text
System alias source text
AUTHORnewalias
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