NAME

newaliases − rebuilds the database for the mail aliases file

SYNOPSIS

newaliases [-v]

DESCRIPTION

newaliases rebuilds the random access database for the mail aliases file /etc/aliases.  It must be run each time this file is changed in order for the change to take effect. 

newaliases is identical to sendmail -bi. 

RETURN VALUE

The newaliases utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. 

FILES

/etc/aliases The mail aliases file. 

SEE ALSO

aliases(5), sendmail(1M). 

HISTORY

The newaliases command appeared in 4.0BSD. The manual page originally came from sendmail 8.7. 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 10.20:  July 1996