newaliases(8)

NAME
newaliases - compile aliases for qmsmac

SYNOPSIS
/var/qmsmac/bin/newaliases

DESCRIPTION
newaliases reads the instructions in /var/qmsmac/etc/aliases and writes them into /var/qmsmac/etc/compiled in a binary format suited for quick access by qmsmac. If there is a problem with etc/aliases, newaliases complains and leaves etc/compiled alone. newaliases ensures that etc/compiled is updated atomically, so qmsmac never has to wait for newaliases to finish. However, newaliases makes no attempt to protect against two simultaneous updates of etc/compiled. The binary etc/compiled format is portable across machines. The etc directory must be writable by the user running newaliases.

SEE ALSO
aliases(5), qmsmac(8)