Tweaked check of -outfile in test-mhstore.

[nmh] / man / ali.man

diff --git a/man/ali.man b/man/ali.man
index b41633cb7699662d570d74e67df82ea6ef8b67fa..4ef473e7b595a4cbda3d6f20ba1181eee47c894a 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% "March 21, 2013" "%nmhversion%"

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


@@ -57,40 +57,49 @@ 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
+\-nonormalize
+.TP
+\-nouser
+.PD

 .SH CONTEXT
 None
 .SH CONTEXT
 None

-

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