HP-UX Reference (11i v2 04/09) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

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newalias(1) newalias(1)
firstname The first name of the person (or group). It is combined with lastname to form the
fullname. This field can contain any characters except an unquoted equal sign (
=)
or an unquoted comma (
,). See the Quoting Characters subsection.
The only first name under the Personal or Group Aliases subheading below is:
John in Smith; John.
lastname The last name of the person (or group). It is combined with firstname to form the
fullname. This field can contain any characters except an unquoted equal sign (
=),
an unquoted semicolon (
;), or an unquoted comma (
,). See the Quoting Characters
subsection.
The last names under the Personal or Group Aliases subheading below are:
Dave Taylor, Smith, Unix
Gurus, and Unix people.
fullname The combination of firstname lastname. It is usually sent in a mail header in
parentheses after the address. It is also displayed in the Alias Menu of the
elm
program and by the elmalias command (see elm(1) and elmalias (1)).
Delimiters
The delimiters have the following precedence:
• The first and second equal signs (
=) mark the end of the alias-list and the beginning of the address-
list, respectively. Both equal signs are required.
• The first comma (
,) after the first equal sign and before the second equal sign marks the beginning
of the comment field.
• The first semicolon (
;) after the first equal sign and before the next comma or second equal sign
marks the beginning of the firstname field.
Personal or Group Aliases
A personal or individual alias has only one address in address-list , as in:
dave, taylor = Dave Taylor = [e-mail]
j_smith = Smith; John, 408-555-1212 =[e-mail]
A group alias has two or more addresses in address-list , as in:
gurus = Unix Gurus = alan, john, dave, mike,
richard, larry, t_richardson
unix = Unix people = gurus, taylor, jonboy
Other Rules
Entries can be continued over several lines; the continuation lines must start with a blank (a space or
tab).
A comment is any line starting with a number sign (
#). It is ignored.
Blank lines and comments can be interspersed within entries.
Quoting Characters
You can include normally excluded characters in firstname , lastname , comment, and mail addresses in
address-list by escaping each character with a backslash (
\) or by enclosing the string in quotation marks
("). To include a quotation mark or a backslash, escape it with a backslash, whether inside or outside
quotation marks.
FILES
$HOME/.elm/aliases User alias database data table
$HOME/.elm/aliases.dir User alias database directory table
$HOME/.elm/aliases.pag User alias database hash table
$HOME/.elm/aliases.text User alias source text
/var/mail/.elm/aliases System alias database data table
/var/mail/.elm/aliases.dir System alias database directory table
/var/mail/.elm/aliases.pag System alias database hash table
/var/mail/.elm/aliases.text System alias source text
HP-UX 11i Version 2: September 2004 − 2 − Hewlett-Packard Company Section 1−−621