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praliases

praliases(1)							   User Commands						      praliases(1)

NAME

       praliases - display system mail aliases

SYNOPSIS

       praliases [-C configfile] [-f aliasfile] [key]

DESCRIPTION

       The  praliases  utility displays system mail aliases. When no key is given, praliases displays the current system aliases, one per line, in
       no particular order. The form is key:value. If a key is given, only that key is looked up and the appropriate  key:value  is  displayed	if
       found.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -C configfile   Specifies a sendmail configuration file.

       -f aliasfile    Reads the specified file aliasfile instead of the default sendmail system aliases file.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       key	       A specific alias key to look up.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Successful operation.

       >0	An error occurred.

FILES

       /etc/mail/aliases	       Default sendmail system aliases file

       /etc/mail/aliases.db	       Database versions of the /etc/mail/aliases file

       /etc/mail/aliases.dir	       Database versions of the /etc/mail/aliases file
       /etc/mail/aliases.pag

       /etc/mail/sendmail.cf	       Default sendmail configuration file

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWsndmu 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       mailq(1), newaliases(1M), sendmail(1M), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    29 Mar 2004 						      praliases(1)