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.ds ]W ZMailer 2.99
.TH NEWALIASES 1zm "2003-Sep-08"
.SH NAME
newaliases \- zmailer aliases database rebuilder
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B newaliases
[ \-s ]
[
.I /file/path
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B "This utility has been superceded by"
.I "zmailer newdb"
.B "mechanism, but can be used in few places, provided that"
.B "\fIaliases\fB type database is being produced with default"
.B "settings!"
.PP
Running the
.IR newaliases (1zm)
without parameters rebuilds the
.IR aliases (5zm)
database used by the
.IR router (8zm)
configuration at most sites.
.PP
This script wrapper constructs argument list for underlying
.IR newdb (8zm)
program
(and
.IR makedb (8zm)
under it,) which does actual
.IR aliases (5zm)
format database compilation work.
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
.IP "\-s"
.RS
Optionally silence the underlying
.IR makedb (8zm)
program.
.RE
.IP "\fI/file/path\fR"
.RS
Optionally specify file path (fully qualified, or relative)
to the database to be compiled.
.PP
With this option one can specify which database is to be compiled.
.RE
.PP
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.IP ZCONFIG
.RS
This environment variable is expected to be inherited from the
user's environment for cases where default location isn't correct.
.RE
.SH Z\-ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.PP
Following \fIZENV-variables\fR are used by the
.IR newaliases (1zm)
program:
.PP
.IP MAILVAR
Tells where the ZMailer's runtime databases, etc. are by default.
.PP
.SH FILES
.PP
.TS
l l.
\fI@ZMAILERCFGFILE@\fR	(ZCONFIG)
\fI@MAILVAR@/db/aliases\fR	(MAILVAR/db/aliases)
.TE
.PP
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR aliases (5zm),
.IR router (8zm),
.IR makedb (8zm),
.IR newdb (8zm),
.IR zdbases.conf (5zm),
.IR zmailer (1zm),
.IR zmailer.conf (5zm).
.PP
.SH AUTHOR
This program authored and copyright by:
.RS 3em
Rayan Zachariassen <no address>
.RE
Fairly radical rewriting by:
.RS 3em
Matti Aarnio <mea@nic.funet.fi>
.RE