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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1993 |
2 | .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. | |
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4 | .\" %sccs.include.proprietary.roff% |
5 | .\" | |
b729d3ea | 6 | .\" @(#)L.aliases.5 8.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
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7 | .\" |
8 | .TH L.ALIASES 5 "" | |
55331617 | 9 | .UC 6 |
58ad5548 | 10 | .SH NAME |
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11 | L.aliases \- UUCP hostname alias file |
12 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
13 | The | |
14 | .I L.aliases | |
15 | file defines mapping (aliasing) of system names for uucp. | |
16 | This is intended for compensating for systems that have | |
17 | changed names, or do not provide their entire machine name | |
18 | (like most USG systems). It is also useful when a machine's name | |
19 | is not obvious or commonly misspelled. | |
20 | .PP | |
21 | Each line in | |
22 | .I L.aliases | |
23 | is of the form: | |
24 | .PP | |
25 | .nf | |
26 | real_name alias_name | |
27 | .fi | |
28 | .PP | |
29 | Any amount of whitespace may separate the two items. | |
30 | Lines beginning with a `#' character are comments. | |
31 | .PP | |
32 | All occurrences of | |
33 | .I alias_name | |
34 | are mapped to | |
35 | .I real_name | |
36 | by | |
37 | .IR uucico (8C), | |
38 | .IR uucp (1), | |
39 | and | |
40 | .IR uux (1). | |
41 | The mapping occurs regardless of whether the name was typed in by a user | |
42 | or provided by a remote site. An exception is the | |
43 | .B -s | |
44 | option of | |
45 | .IR uucico ; | |
46 | only the site's real hostname (the name in | |
47 | .IR L.sys (5)) | |
48 | will be accepted there. | |
49 | .PP | |
50 | Aliased system names should not be placed in | |
51 | .IR L.sys ; | |
52 | they will not be used. | |
53 | .SH FILES | |
54 | .ta \w'/usr/lib/uucp/UUAIDS/L.aliases 'u | |
55 | .nr | |
56 | /usr/lib/uucp/L.aliases | |
57 | /usr/lib/uucp/UUAIDS/L.aliases L.aliases example | |
58 | .fi | |
59 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
60 | uucp(1C), uux(1C), L.sys(5), uucico(8C) |