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└─⟦a0efdde77⟧ Bits:30001252 EUUGD11 Tape, 1987 Spring Conference Helsinki
    └─ ⟦this⟧ »EUUGD11/euug-87hel/sec1/elm/doc/checkalias.1«

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.TH CHECKALIAS 1L
.ad b
.SH NAME
checkalias - check to see if an alias is defined.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B checkalias
alias, alias, ...
.SH HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
.TP 10
Level:
HP-UX/CONTRIBUTED
.TP
Origin:
Hewlett-Packard
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Checkalias
checks the user file first, and then the system alias file
to try to find the specified alias or aliases.  If found, 
the value of the alias is printed out, otherwise an error
is generated.
.P
Note: this is in fact a one-line shell script;
.nf

	elm -c $*

.fi
.SH AUTHOR
Dave Taylor, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
.SH SEE\ ALSO
newalias(1L), elm(1L), mail(1), mailx(1)
.SH BUGS
Note that the precedence of aliases is user file then system
file.  This means that a user can 'overload' an alias by having
one defined in the system file also defined in theirs.  This
shouldn't turn out to be a problem, but is something for
the system administrator to keep in mind when creating the
system alias file.