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c2714ef5 34.Dd February 22, 1994
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35.Dt NEWALIASES 1
36.Os BSD 4
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm newaliases
39.Nd rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm newaliases
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Nm Newaliases
44rebuilds the random access data base for the mail aliases file
45.Pa /etc/aliases .
c2714ef5 46It must be run each time this file is changed in order
15637ed4 47for the change to take effect.
c2714ef5 48.Pp
49.Nm Newaliases
50is identical to
51.Dq Li "sendmail -bi" .
52.Pp
53The
54.Nm newaliases
55utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
56.Sh FILES
57.Bl -tag -width /etc/aliases -compact
58.It Pa /etc/aliases
59The mail aliases file
60.El
15637ed4 61.Sh SEE ALSO
c2714ef5 62.Xr aliases 5 ,
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63.Xr sendmail 8
64.Sh HISTORY
65The
66.Nm newaliases
67command appeared in
68.Bx 4.0 .