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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1986 Regents of the University of California. |
2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
4 | .\" | |
58ad5548 | 5 | .\" @(#)L.aliases.5 6.2 (Berkeley) %G% |
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6 | .\" |
7 | .TH L.ALIASES 5 "" | |
55331617 | 8 | .UC 6 |
58ad5548 | 9 | .SH NAME |
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10 | L.aliases \- UUCP hostname alias file |
11 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
12 | The | |
13 | .I L.aliases | |
14 | file defines mapping (aliasing) of system names for uucp. | |
15 | This is intended for compensating for systems that have | |
16 | changed names, or do not provide their entire machine name | |
17 | (like most USG systems). It is also useful when a machine's name | |
18 | is not obvious or commonly misspelled. | |
19 | .PP | |
20 | Each line in | |
21 | .I L.aliases | |
22 | is of the form: | |
23 | .PP | |
24 | .nf | |
25 | real_name alias_name | |
26 | .fi | |
27 | .PP | |
28 | Any amount of whitespace may separate the two items. | |
29 | Lines beginning with a `#' character are comments. | |
30 | .PP | |
31 | All occurrences of | |
32 | .I alias_name | |
33 | are mapped to | |
34 | .I real_name | |
35 | by | |
36 | .IR uucico (8C), | |
37 | .IR uucp (1), | |
38 | and | |
39 | .IR uux (1). | |
40 | The mapping occurs regardless of whether the name was typed in by a user | |
41 | or provided by a remote site. An exception is the | |
42 | .B -s | |
43 | option of | |
44 | .IR uucico ; | |
45 | only the site's real hostname (the name in | |
46 | .IR L.sys (5)) | |
47 | will be accepted there. | |
48 | .PP | |
49 | Aliased system names should not be placed in | |
50 | .IR L.sys ; | |
51 | they will not be used. | |
52 | .SH FILES | |
53 | .ta \w'/usr/lib/uucp/UUAIDS/L.aliases 'u | |
54 | .nr | |
55 | /usr/lib/uucp/L.aliases | |
56 | /usr/lib/uucp/UUAIDS/L.aliases L.aliases example | |
57 | .fi | |
58 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
59 | uucp(1C), uux(1C), L.sys(5), uucico(8C) |