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[nmh] / man / ali.man

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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+.TH ALI %manext1% "December 4, 2013" "%nmhversion%"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
-.TH ALI %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
 .SH NAME
 ali \- list mail aliases
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ ali \- list mail aliases
 .RB [ \-alias
 .IR aliasfile ]
 .RB [ \-list " | " \-nolist ]
-.RB [ \-normalize " | " \-nonormalize ]
 .RB [ \-user " | " \-nouser ]
 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ] 
@@ -42,12 +41,7 @@ an inverted fashion: instead of listing the addresses that each given
 alias expands to,
 .B ali
 will list the aliases that expand to each
-given address.  If the
-.B \-normalize
-switch is given,
-.B ali
-will
-try to track down the official hostname of the address.
+given address.
 .PP
 The files specified by the profile entry
 .RI \*(lq Aliasfile \*(rq
@@ -57,40 +51,47 @@ and any additional alias files given by the
 switch will be read.  Each
 .I alias
 is processed as described in
-.BR mh\-alias (5).
-
+.IR mh\-alias (5).
 .SH FILES
-.fc ^ ~
-.nf
-.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
-^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
-^/etc/passwd~^List of users
-^/etc/group~^List of groups
-.fi
-
+Alias files are looked up in multiple locations: if the pathname is
+absolute or starts with
+.RI \*(lq . \*(rq
+or
+.RI \*(lq .. \*(rq
+then it's accessed directly; otherwise tilde expansion is done on
+usernames, then files are searched for in the user's
+.I Mail
+directory as specified in their profile.  If not found there, the directory
+.RI \*(lq %etcdir% \*(rq
+is checked.
+.PP
+.TP 20
+$HOME/.mh\-profile
+The user's profile.
 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
-.fc ^ ~
-.nf
-.ta 2.4i
-.ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName  'u
-^Path:~^To determine the user's nmh directory
-^Aliasfile:~^For a default alias file
-.fi
-
+.PP
+.PD 0
+.TP 20
+Path:
+To determine the user's nmh directory
+.TP
+Aliasfile:
+For a default alias file
+.PD
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-mh\-alias(5)
-
+.IR mh\-alias (5)
 .SH DEFAULTS
-.nf
-.RB ` aliasfiles "' defaults to %etcdir%/MailAliases"
-.RB ` \-nolist '
-.RB ` \-nonormalize '
-.RB ` \-nouser '
-.fi
-
+.PD 0
+.TP 20
+aliasfile
+%etcdir%/MailAliases
+.TP
+\-nolist
+.TP
+\-nouser
+.PD
 .SH CONTEXT
 None
-
 .SH BUGS
 The
 .B \-user