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NAME
     newalias - install new elm aliases for user and/or system

SYNOPSIS
     newalias [-g]

DESCRIPTION
     Newalias creates new hash and data files from a  text  file.
     If  the  program  is  invoked with the -g (global) flag, the
     program updates the system alias files.  Otherwise, the pro-
     gram  looks  for  a file called $HOME/.elm/aliases.text and,
     upon finding it, creates files  $HOME/.elm/aliases.hash  and
     $HOME/.elm/aliases.data for the elm program.

     The format that the program expects is;

          alias, alias, .. = comment = address
     or
          alias, alias, .. = comment = alias, alias, ...

     The first form is for an individual user such as;

          dave, taylor = Dave Taylor = veeger!hpcnou!dat

     and the second is for defining a group alias such as;

          gurus = Unix Gurus = alan, john, dave, mike, richard,
                            larry, t_richardson


     Note that lines can be continued at will,  blank  lines  are
     accepted  without error, and that any line starting with '#'
     is considered a comment and is not processed.

     Finally, aliases can contain other aliases, and/or groups;

          unix = Unix people = gurus, taylor, jonboy




FILES
     $HOME/.elm/aliases.text         alias source for user
     $HOME/.elm/aliases.hash         alias hash table for user
     $HOME/.elm/aliases.data         alias data file for user
     /usr/mail/.alias_text           alias source for system
     /usr/mail/.alias_hash           alias hash table for system
     /usr/mail/.alias_data           alias data file for system

AUTHOR
     Dave Taylor, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories.




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SEE ALSO
     elm(1L), checkalias(1L), mail(1), mailx(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
     Newalias has a couple of descriptive  error  messages  which
     don't  need to be detailed here.  It is, however, worth not-
     ing that the checkalias program can be used to  ensure  that
     the  aliases  are  in the proper order and are available for
     the elm system.

BUG REPORTS TO
     Syd Weinstein  elm@dsinc.UUCP (dsinc!elm)

COPYRIGHTS
     c Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor
     c Copyright 1988, 1989 by The USENET Community Trust







































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