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.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Sendmail, Inc.  All rights reserved.
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1997 Eric P. Allman.  All rights reserved.
.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1990, 1993
.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" By using this file, you agree to the terms and conditions set
.\" forth in the LICENSE file which can be found at the top level of
.\" the sendmail distribution.
.\"
.\"
.\"     @(#)newaliases.1	8.10 (Berkeley) 5/19/98
.\"
.Dd May 19, 1998
.Dt NEWALIASES 1
.Os BSD 4
.Sh NAME
.Nm newaliases
.Nd rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm newaliases
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Newaliases
rebuilds the random access data base for the mail aliases file
.Pa /etc/aliases .
It must be run each time this file is changed in order
for the change to take effect.
.Pp
.Nm Newaliases
is identical to
.Dq Li "sendmail -bi" .
.Pp
The
.Nm newaliases
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/aliases -compact
.It Pa /etc/aliases
The mail aliases file
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr aliases 5 ,
.Xr sendmail 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm newaliases
command appeared in
.Bx 4.0 .