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@(#)newaliases.1 8.10 (Berkeley) 5/19/1998

.Dd May 19, 1998 .Dt NEWALIASES 1 .Os BSD 4 .Sh NAME .Nm newaliases .Nd rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm newaliases .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Newaliases rebuilds the random access data base for the mail aliases file

a /etc/aliases . It must be run each time this file is changed in order for the change to take effect.

p .Nm Newaliases is identical to .Dq Li "sendmail -bi" .

p The .Nm newaliases utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. .Sh FILES l -tag -width /etc/aliases -compact t Pa /etc/aliases The mail aliases file .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr aliases 5 , .Xr sendmail 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm newaliases command appeared in x 4.0 .