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11.\"     @(#)newaliases.1	8.10 (Berkeley) 5/19/1998
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13.Dd May 19, 1998
14.Dt NEWALIASES 1
15.Os BSD 4
16.Sh NAME
17.Nm newaliases
18.Nd rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file
19.Sh SYNOPSIS
20.Nm newaliases
21.Sh DESCRIPTION
22.Nm Newaliases
23rebuilds the random access data base for the mail aliases file
24.Pa /etc/aliases .
25It must be run each time this file is changed in order
26for the change to take effect.
27.Pp
28.Nm Newaliases
29is identical to
30.Dq Li "sendmail -bi" .
31.Pp
32The
33.Nm newaliases
34utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
35.Sh FILES
36.Bl -tag -width /etc/aliases -compact
37.It Pa /etc/aliases
38The mail aliases file
39.El
40.Sh SEE ALSO
41.Xr aliases 5 ,
42.Xr sendmail 8
43.Sh HISTORY
44The
45.Nm newaliases
46command appeared in
47.Bx 4.0 .
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