MMDFALIAS(ADM)                     UNIX System V



     Name
          mmdfalias - converts XENIX-style aliases file to MMDF format


     Syntax
          /usr/mmdf/table/tools/mmdfalias


     Description
          mmdfalias is a conversion utility to produce MMDF-compatible
          alias  files  from the XENIX-format aliases file.  mmdfalias
          also splits the converted contents of  /usr/lib/mail/aliases
          into two MMDF files containing list-type aliases and aliases
          that map users to machines.

          After    installing    MMDF     with     custom,     restore
          /usr/lib/mail/aliases from backup tape.  Place the following
          line in the file to indicate where the list aliases end  and
          the mapping aliases begin.

          # user-to-machine mapping

          Log in as mmdf and run  the  /usr/mmdf/table/tools/mmdfalias
          conversion  script  from the /usr/mmdf/table directory.  You
          now have two MMDF files, alias.list and alias.user,  in  the
          current directory.

          After creating these  files  in  /usr/mmdf/table,  you  must
          rebuild  the MMDF hashed database.  While logged in as mmdf,
          run dbmbuild from /usr/mmdf/table.


     Files
          /usr/lib/mail/aliases
          /usr/mmdf/table/alias.list
          /usr/mmdf/table/alias.user


     See Also
          dbmbuild(ADM), tables(F), ``Setting Up Electronic Mail''  in
          the System Administrator's Guide


     Value Added
          mmdfalias is an extension of AT&T System V provided  by  the
          Santa Cruz Operation.


     (printed 8/23/89)                          MMDFALIAS(ADM)