X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/d067b8780f39cb8d52e3e07a3b05ffcb1ed684ea..94187a80bd60baab4b9c4b949ad820d730578123:/man/ali.man diff --git a/man/ali.man b/man/ali.man index 4ef473e7..5f8ce0d0 100644 --- a/man/ali.man +++ b/man/ali.man @@ -1,24 +1,23 @@ -.TH ALI %manext1% "March 21, 2013" "%nmhversion%" -.\" +.TH ALI %manext1% 2013-12-05 "%nmhversion%" +. .\" %nmhwarning% -.\" +. .SH NAME -ali \- list mail aliases +ali \- list nmh mail aliases .SH SYNOPSIS .HP 5 .na .B ali +.RB [ \-help ] +.RB [ \-version ] .RB [ \-alias .IR aliasfile ] .RB [ \-list " | " \-nolist ] -.RB [ \-normalize " | " \-nonormalize ] .RB [ \-user " | " \-nouser ] -.RB [ \-version ] -.RB [ \-help ] .RI [ aliases " ...]" .ad .SH DESCRIPTION -.B Ali +.B ali searches the named mail alias files for each of the given .IR aliases . It creates a list of addresses for those @@ -27,27 +26,22 @@ and writes that list on standard output. If no arguments are given, .B ali outputs all alias entries. .PP -By default, when an aliases expands to multiple addresses, the addresses +By default, when an alias expands to multiple addresses, the addresses are separated by commas and printed on as few lines as possible. If the .B \-list -option is specified, then when an address expands to multiple +switch is specified, and an address expands to multiple addresses, each address will appear on a separate line. .PP -The switch +The .B \-user -directs +switch directs .B ali to perform its processing in 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 @@ -64,15 +58,15 @@ absolute or starts with .RI \*(lq . \*(rq or .RI \*(lq .. \*(rq -then it's accessed directly; otherwise tilde expansion is done on +it is 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 +.RI \*(lq %nmhetcdir% \*(rq is checked. .PP .TP 20 -$HOME/.mh\-profile +$HOME/.mh_profile The user's profile. .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS" .PP @@ -90,20 +84,11 @@ For a default alias file .PD 0 .TP 20 aliasfile -%etcdir%/MailAliases +%nmhetcdir%/MailAliases .TP \-nolist .TP -\-nonormalize -.TP \-nouser .PD .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.