L.ALIASES(5)

NAME
L.aliases - UUCP hostname alias file

DESCRIPTION
The L.aliases file defines mapping (aliasing) of system names for uucp. This is intended for compensating for systems that have changed names, or do not provide their entire machine name (like most USG systems). It is also useful when a machine's name is not obvious or commonly misspelled.

Each line in L.aliases is of the form:

	real_name alias_name

Any amount of whitespace may separate the two items. Lines beginning with a `#' character are comments.

All occurrences of alias_name are mapped to real_name by uucico(8), uucp(1), and uux(1). The mapping occurs regardless of whether the name was typed in by a user or provided by a remote site. An exception is the -s option of uucico; only the site's real hostname (the name in L.sys(5)) will be accepted there.

Aliased system names should not be placed in L.sys; they will not be used.

FILES
/etc/uucp/L.aliases
/etc/uucp/UUAIDS/L.aliases    L.aliases example

SEE ALSO
uucp(1), uux(1), L.sys(5), uucico(8)