mmdfalias(ADM)                  19 June 1992                  mmdfalias(ADM)


 Name

    mmdfalias - convert 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, Inc.