Added note that suffixes were removed from filenames of temporary files.

[nmh] / man / ali.man

diff --git a/man/ali.man b/man/ali.man
index b41633cb7699662d570d74e67df82ea6ef8b67fa..1b9d670a3aa69e246eb508b76e920309ccb26483 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


@@ -57,40 +51,47 @@ and any additional alias files given by the
 switch will be read.  Each
 .I alias
 is processed as described in
 switch will be read.  Each
 .I alias
 is processed as described in

-.BR mh\-alias (5).
-
+.IR mh\-alias (5).

 .SH FILES
 .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"
 .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"
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

-mh\-alias(5)
-
+.IR mh\-alias (5)

 .SH DEFAULTS
 .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 CONTEXT
 None

-

 .SH BUGS
 The
 .B \-user
 .SH BUGS
 The
 .B \-user