osf1 man page for newaliases

newaliases(1)						      General Commands Manual						     newaliases(1)

NAME
       newaliases - Builds a new copy of the alias database

SYNOPSIS
       newaliases

DESCRIPTION
       The  newaliases	command  builds a new copy of the alias file from source. The location of the alias source is controlled by the setting of
       the A processing flag either in the sendmail.cf file or by the sendmail -o option.  By  default,  the  source  file  is	in  /var/adm/send-
       mail/aliases. (The setting of the A processing flag also controls the location of the and files.)

       You must issue this command each time you change the alias source file for the change to take effect. Running this command is equivalent to
       running the sendmail command with the -bi option.

FILES
       Contains source for the aliases for sendmail.  Contains binary files for the aliases database created by the newaliases command.   Contains
       binary files for the aliases database created by the newaliases command.

SEE ALSO
       Command:  sendmail(8)

       Files:  aliases(4)

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