.\" .\" $OpenBSD: praliases.1,v 1.1 1996/09/15 05:15:57 millert Exp $ .\" .Dd Sep 14, 1996 .Dt PRALIASES 1 .Os BSD 4 .Sh NAME .Nm praliases .Nd look up aliases in the aliases file .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm praliases .Op Fl f Ar file .Op key ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Praliases looks up the specified aliases in the system-wide aliases file. With no arguments, .Nm praliases prints out the entire aliases file. .Pp When given the .Fl f option, .Nm looks up aliases in the specified .Ar file instead of the default system-wide aliases file. Note that this must be the database version created by: .Pp .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact .Pa /usr/sbin/sendmail Fl bi oA Ar file .Ed .Sh BUGS .Nm Praliases only will only lookup aliases in the database version of the aliases file. It does not look up aliases in the raw aliases file, nor does it look in .Pa /etc/sendmail.cf for the paths to other aliases files or network-based databases such as NIS, NetInfo, or Hesiod. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/aliases.db -compact .It Pa /etc/aliases raw data for alias names .It Pa /etc/aliases.db data base of alias names .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr newaliases 1 , .Xr aliases 5 , .Xr sendmail 8 . .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command appeared in .Bx 4.3 .