Removed export of most of the variables in test/common.sh.in. The

[nmh] / man / ali.man

diff --git a/man/ali.man b/man/ali.man
index 9d9deaf75d9f74439e8e6db2692a02a6c8f60f1b..791adc8dfac4f33d0dad8faff5b625a40f4a17eb 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ali.man
+++ b/man/ali.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH ALI %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
+.TH ALI %manext1% "December 4, 2013" "%nmhversion%"

 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"


@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ ali \- list mail aliases
 .RB [ \-alias
 .IR aliasfile ]
 .RB [ \-list " | " \-nolist ]
 .RB [ \-alias
 .IR aliasfile ]
 .RB [ \-list " | " \-nolist ]

-.RB [ \-normalize " | " \-nonormalize ]

 .RB [ \-user " | " \-nouser ]
 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ] 
 .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
 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
 .PP
 The files specified by the profile entry
 .RI \*(lq Aliasfile \*(rq


@@ -59,36 +53,42 @@ switch will be read.  Each
 is processed as described in
 .IR mh\-alias (5).
 .SH FILES
 is processed as described in
 .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 %nmhetcdir% \*(rq
+is checked.
+.PP
+.TP 20
+$HOME/.mh_profile
+The user's profile.

 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
 .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"
 .IR mh\-alias (5)
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .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
+%nmhetcdir%/MailAliases
+.TP
+\-nolist
+.TP
+\-nouser
+.PD

 .SH CONTEXT
 None
 .SH CONTEXT
 None

-.SH BUGS
-The
-.B \-user
-option with
-.B \-nonormalize
-is not entirely accurate, as it
-does not replace local nicknames for hosts with their official site names.