CHECKALIAS(1L)      USENET Community Trust(Elm Version 2.3)      CHECKALIAS(1L)


NAME
      checkalias - check to see if an alias is defined.

SYNOPSIS
      checkalias alias, alias, ...

DESCRIPTION
      Checkalias checks the user file first, and then the system alias file to
      try to find the specified alias or aliases.  If found, the value of the
      alias is printed out, otherwise an error is generated.

      Note: this is in fact a one-line shell script;

            elm -c $*

AUTHOR
      Dave Taylor, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

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

BUGS
      Note that the precedence of aliases is user file then system file.  This
      means that a user can 'overload' an alias by having one defined in the
      system file also defined in theirs.  This shouldn't turn out to be a
      problem, but is something for the system administrator to keep in mind
      when creating the system alias file.

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

COPYRIGHTS
      © Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor
      © Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990 by The USENET Community Trust




















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