L.ALIASES(5)                                                      L.ALIASES(5)



NAME
       L.aliases - UUCP hostname alias file

DESCRIPTION
       The _L_._a_l_i_a_s_e_s 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  mis‐
       spelled.

       Each line in _L_._a_l_i_a_s_e_s 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 _a_l_i_a_s__n_a_m_e are mapped to  _r_e_a_l__n_a_m_e  by  _u_u_c_i_c_o(8C),
       _u_u_c_p(1), and _u_u_x(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  _u_u_c_i_c_o; only the site’s real hostname (the name in
       _L_._s_y_s(5)) will be accepted there.

       Aliased system names should not be placed in _L_._s_y_s; they  will  not  be
       used.

FILES
       /usr/lib/uucp/L.aliases      /usr/lib/uucp/UUAIDS/L.aliases   L.aliases
       example

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



4.3 Berkeley Distribution        May 10, 1986                     L.ALIASES(5)