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CHECKALIAS(1L)                                                  CHECKALIAS(1L)


NAME

       checkalias - check to see if an alias is defined.


SYNOPSIS

       checkalias alias, alias, ...


DESCRIPTION

       Checkalias checks the user file first, and then the system alias file
       to try to find the specified alias or aliases.  If found, the value of
       the alias is printed out, otherwise an error is generated.

       Note: this is in fact a one-line shell script;

            elm -c $*


AUTHOR

       Elm Development Group


SEE ALSO

       elm(1L), elmalias(1L), newalias(1L), mail(1), mailx(1)


BUGS

       Note that the precedence of aliases is user file then system file.
       This means that a user can 'overload' an alias by having one defined in
       the system file also defined in theirs.  This shouldn't turn out to be
       a problem, but is something for the system administrator to keep in
       mind when creating the system alias file.


BUG REPORTS TO

       Bill Pemberton  flash@virginia.edu


COPYRIGHTS

       Copyright 1988-1995 by The USENET Community Trust
       Derived from Elm 2.0,  Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor

USENET Community Trust          Elm Version 2.5                 CHECKALIAS(1L)

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