DUMPALIAS(1)            GENIX Programmer's Manual            DUMPALIAS(1)



      NAME
           dumpalias  - show aliases used by mail program

      SYNOPSIS
           dumpalias [ -ano ] [ -f file ] alias ...

      DESCRIPTION
           Dumpalias dumps the database of aliases used by the mail(1) program.
           This  allows you to know who all of the recepients of a mail message
           would be.  If no aliases are given to the command, then all  aliases
           in  the database are printed.  Otherwise, just the named aliases are
           printed.

           Aliases can reference other aliases recursively to  a  large  depth.
           Dumpalias  follows  all  such  references,  and  generates the fully
           expanded list of users.  If you want to see which aliases  reference
           other  aliases,  then  use the -n option to prevent the expansion of
           recursive aliases.

           Aliases can reference user names, absolute file paths,  or  programs
           to be run.  Dumpalias usually only shows user names in an expansion.
           If you want to see everything then use the -a option.

           Dumpalias formats and sorts the database information  before  print-
           ing.  The -o option will show the original data without any changes.

           The -f option takes a following file name which is the  name  of  an
           alternate  database  file.   This  name does not include the .dir or
           .pag extention.

      FILES
           /usr/lib/aliases.dir
           /usr/lib/aliases.pag

      SEE ALSO
           mail(1)



















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