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1.1     ! root        1: .TH PATHPROC 8
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: pathproc \- pathalias post\-processor for smail routing database
        !             4: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             5: .I Pathproc
        !             6: takes lines of the form
        !             7: .sp
        !             8: .ce
        !             9: \fIfirst_hop_cost      key     route\fP
        !            10: .sp
        !            11: as produced by
        !            12: .I pathalias -f
        !            13: and converts it to the form
        !            14: .sp
        !            15: .ce
        !            16: \fI key        route   cost\fP
        !            17: .sp
        !            18: as described in
        !            19: .IR paths (8).
        !            20: On the input, the
        !            21: .I route_cost
        !            22: is
        !            23: .IR pathalias "'s"
        !            24: total cost for the route.
        !            25: On the output, the
        !            26: .I cost
        !            27: is the cost for the
        !            28: .I first segment
        !            29: of the route.
        !            30: This represents the cost, to the local host,
        !            31: of passing the mail to its neighbor.
        !            32: .PP
        !            33: The output is sorted by
        !            34: .I key
        !            35: in ascending order.
        !            36: .SH EXAMPLE
        !            37: Here's an example of how you might use
        !            38: .I pathproc:
        !            39: .sp
        !            40: .in+3
        !            41: pathalias -f \fImap_files\fP | pathproc > newpaths
        !            42: .br
        !            43: mv newpaths /usr/lib/uucp/paths
        !            44: .in
        !            45: .sp
        !            46: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            47: pathalias - by Peter Honeyman
        !            48: .br
        !            49: smail(8), lcasep(8), paths(8)
        !            50: .SH VERSION
        !            51: @(#)pathproc.8 2.5 (smail) 9/15/87

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