L.ALIASES(8)L.ALIASES(8)NAMEL.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
SEE ALSOuucp(1), uux(1), L.sys(5), uucico(8)UUCP 1