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''-f'' '''

-f
Specify another name for the aliases filepraliases command-line switch

Ordinarily, praliases gathers the path to, and the name for, its aliases database files from the sendmail configuration file. There will be times, however, when you will need to print statistics from information in another aliases database file. Consider, for example, the desire to print the contents of just one of many aliases database files. In such a scenario, you might run a command such as this: 

% praliases -f /etc/mail/aliases/clients


    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Some Basics
    		Part I: Build and Install
    		Chapter 2. Build and Install sendmail
    		Chapter 3. Tune sendmail with Compile-Time Macros
    		Chapter 4. Configure sendmail.cf with m4
    		Chapter 5. Build and Use Companion Programs
    		5.1 The Build Script
    		''-A'' '''
    		''-c'' '''
    		''-E'' '''
    		''-f'' '''
    		''-I'' '''
    		''-L'' '''
    		'-M'' ''''
    		''-m'' '''
    		''-n'' '''
    		'-O'' ''''
    		''-Q'' '''
    		''-S'' '''
    		''-v'' '''
    		5.2 The editmap Program
    		'-C'' ''''
    		'-f'' ''''
    		''-N'' '''
    		'-q'' ''''
    		'-u'' ''''
    		'-x'' ''''
    		5.3 The mail.local Delivery Agent
    		''-7'' '''
    		''-b'' '''
    		''-d'' '''
    		''-D'' '''
    		''-f'' '''
    		'-h'' ''''
    		''-l (lowercase L)'' '''
    		''-r'' '''
    		5.4 The mailstats Program
    		''-c'' '''
    		''-C'' '''
    		''-f'' '''
    		''-o'' '''
    		''-p'' '''
    		''-P'' '''
    		5.5 The makemap Program
    		''-c'' '''
    		''-C'' '''
    		''-d'' '''
    		''-e'' '''
    		''-f'' '''
    		''-l (lowercase L)'' '''
    		''-N'' '''
    		''-o'' '''
    		''-r'' '''
    		''-s'' '''
    		''-t'' '''
    		''-u'' '''
    		''-v'' '''
    		5.6 The praliases Program
    		''-C'' '''
    		''-f'' '''
    		5.7 The rmail Delivery Agent
    		5.8 The smrsh Program
    		5.9 The vacation Program
    		''-a'' '''
    		''-C'' '''
    		''-d'' '''
    		''-f'' '''
    		''-i or -I'' '''
    		''-l (lowercase L)'' '''
    		''-m'' '''
    		''-r'' '''
    		''-s'' '''
    		''-t'' '''
    		''-U'' '''
    		''-x'' '''
    		''-z'' '''
    		5.10 Pitfalls
    		Part II: Administration
    		Part III: The Configuration File
    		Part IV: Appendixes
    		Bibliography