Category : C Source Code
Archive   : ELM23SRC.ZIP
Filename : CHECKALI.1

.TH CHECKALIAS 1L "Elm Version 2.3" "USENET Community Trust"
.SH NAME
checkalias - check to see if an alias is defined.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B checkalias
alias, alias, ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Checkalias
checks the user file first, and then the system alias file
to try to find the specified alias or aliases. If found,
the value of the alias is printed out, otherwise an error
is generated.
.P
Note: this is in fact a one-line shell script;
.nf

elm -c $*
.fi
.SH AUTHOR
Dave Taylor, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
.SH SEE\ ALSO
newalias(1L), elm(1L), mail(1), mailx(1)
.SH BUGS
Note that the precedence of aliases is user file then system
file. This means that a user can 'overload' an alias by having
one defined in the system file also defined in theirs. This
shouldn't turn out to be a problem, but is something for
the system administrator to keep in mind when creating the
system alias file.
.SH BUG REPORTS TO
Syd Weinstein [email protected] (dsinc!elm)
.SH COPYRIGHTS
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\fB\(co\fR\s12 Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor
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\fB\(co\fR\s12 Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990 by The USENET Community Trust