newaliases

rebuild the database for the mail aliases file

Syntax:

newaliases

Options:

None.

Description:

The newaliases utility rebuilds the random access database for the mail aliases file (/etc/aliases). The utility must be run each time this file is changed in order for the change to take effect.

Note that newaliases is identical to the command:

sendmail -bi

Files:

/etc/aliases

The mail aliases file.

Errors:

The newaliases utility exits 0 on success, >0 if an error occurs.

See also:

/etc/aliases file, sendmail

Sendmail by Bryan Costales, O'Reilly & Associates (ISBN 1-56592-056-2)