NAME
L.aliases - UUCP hostname alias file

DESCRIPTION
The L.aliases file defines mapping (aliasing) of system names for
uucp(1). 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 white space 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(8); 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(5); they will
not be used.

FILES
/usr/lib/uucp/L.aliases

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