ken@pyr.gatech.EDU (Ken Hall) (11/10/87)
How does one edit the aliases one sets up with ELM? Ken
mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) (11/11/87)
> How does one edit the aliases one sets up with ELM?
Use your favorite editor on ~/.alias_text
Mike Khaw
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USnail: Teknowledge Inc, 1850 Embarcadero Rd, POB 10119, Palo Alto, CA 94303kdavis@lamc.UUCP (Ken Davis) (11/11/87)
In article <18794@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) writes: >> How does one edit the aliases one sets up with ELM? > >Use your favorite editor on ~/.alias_text > >Mike Khaw >-- Then execute newalias so that the changes are recompiled in ~/.alias_hash System aliases will have to be changed by root in the directory where they reside (ie /usr/mail/.alias_text) and then newalias run there also. -- Ken Davis - Letterman Army Medical Center - San Francisco, CA {ihnp4,lll-crg,ames,pyramid}!ptsfa!lamc!kdavis kdavis@optimis-pent.arpa
merlin@hqda-ai.UUCP (David S. Hayes) (11/11/87)
Edit the file ".alias_text" in your home directory. Then, run the program "newalias", which builds a pair of DBM files from this text input. ELM actually references the DBM files when it runs, so if you don't do "newalias", your edits don't take effect. -- David S. Hayes, The Merlin of Avalon PhoneNet: (202) 694-6900 UUCP: *!uunet!cos!hqda-ai!merlin ARPA: ai01@hios-pent.arpa
ken@pyr.UUCP (11/12/87)
Thankyou, everyone. All is well now. I appreciate the information. Ken
shprentz@bdmrrr.bdm.com (Joel Shprentz) (11/16/87)
In article <4425@pyr.gatech.EDU>, ken@pyr.gatech.EDU (Ken Hall) writes: > How does one edit the aliases one sets up with ELM? Edit .alias_text in your home directory and run newalias to update the alias index files, .alias_hash and .alias_data. -- Joel Shprentz Phone: (703) 848-7305 BDM Corporation Uucp: {rutgers,vrdxhq,rlgvax}!bdmrrr!shprentz 7915 Jones Branch Drive shprentz@bdmrrr.bdm.com McLean, Virginia 22102