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1.1       root        1: '\"macro stdmacro
                      2: .if n .pH g1.mailalias %W% of %G%
                      3: .nr X
                      4: .if \nX=0 .ds x} mailalias 1 "" "\&"
                      5: .if \nX=1 .ds x} mailalias 1 ""
                      6: .if \nX=2 .ds x} mailalias 1 "" "\&"
                      7: .if \nX=3 .ds x} mailalias "" "" "\&"
                      8: .TH \*(x}
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: \f4mailalias\f1 \- translate mail alias names
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: \f4mailalias\f1 [ \f4\-s\f1 ] [ \f4\-v\f1 ]
                     13: .I name
                     14: \&...
                     15: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     16: \f4mailalias\fP
                     17: is called by
                     18: \f4mail\fP.
                     19: It places on the standard output a list of mail addresses corresponding to
                     20: .IR name .
                     21: The mail addresses are found by performing the following steps:
                     22: .TP 4
                     23: 1.
                     24: Look for the file \f4/var/mail/\f2name\f1.
                     25: If found, print
                     26: .I name
                     27: and exit.
                     28: .TP 4
                     29: 2.
                     30: Look for a match in the user's local alias file
                     31: \f4$HOME/lib/names\f1.
                     32: If a line is found beginning with the word
                     33: .IR name ,
                     34: print the rest of the line on standard output and exit.
                     35: .TP 4
                     36: 3.
                     37: Look for a match in the system-wide alias files,
                     38: which are listed in the master path file
                     39: \f4/etc/mail/namefiles\f1.
                     40: If a line is found beginning with the word
                     41: .IR name ,
                     42: print the rest of the line on standard output and exit.
                     43: .P
                     44: If an alias file is a directory name \f2dir\fP, then search the file
                     45: \f2dir\fP/\f2name\fP.
                     46: By default, the file \f4/etc/mail/namefiles\fP lists 
                     47: the directory \f4/etc/mail/lists\fP
                     48: and 
                     49: the file \f4/etc/mail/names\f1.
                     50: .TP 4
                     51: 4.
                     52: Otherwise print
                     53: .I name
                     54: and exit.
                     55: .PP
                     56: The alias files may contain comments (lines beginning with
                     57: \f4#\f1)
                     58: and information lines of the form:
                     59: .IP
                     60: .I "name\0list-of-addresses"
                     61: .PP
                     62: Tokens on these lines are separated by white-space.
                     63: Lines may be continued by placing a backslash (\e) at the end of the line.
                     64: .PP
                     65: If the
                     66: \f4-s\f1
                     67: option is not specified and more than one name is being translated, each line
                     68: of output will be prefixed with the name being translated.
                     69: .PP
                     70: The
                     71: \f4-v\f1
                     72: option causes debugging information to be written to standard output.
                     73: .SH FILES
                     74: .PD 0
                     75: .TP 30n
                     76: \f4$HOME/lib/names\f1
                     77: private aliases
                     78: .TP
                     79: \f4/etc/mail/namefiles\f1
                     80: list of files to search
                     81: .TP
                     82: \f4/etc/mail/names\f1
                     83: standard file to search
                     84: .PD
                     85: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     86: \f4uucp\fP(1), 
                     87: \f4mail\fP(1).
                     88: .br
                     89: \f4smtp\fP(1M),
                     90: \f4smtpd\fP(1M),
                     91: \f4smtpqer\fP(1M),
                     92: \f4smtpsched\fP(1M),
                     93: \f4tosmtp\fP(1M) in the \f2System Administrator's Reference Manual\f1.

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