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- NAME
- checkalias - check to see if an alias is defined.
-
- SYNOPSIS
- checkalias alias, alias, ...
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- DESCRIPTION
- 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.
-
- Note: this is in fact a one-line shell script;
-
- elm -c $*
-
- AUTHOR
- Dave Taylor, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
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- SEE ALSO
- newalias(1L), elm(1L), mail(1), mailx(1)
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- 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.
-
- BUG REPORTS TO
- Syd Weinstein elm@DSI.COM (dsinc!elm)
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- COPYRIGHTS
- (c) Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor
- (c) Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990 by The USENET Community Trust
-