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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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