ABBREV(8)

NAME
abbrev - Abbreviates hostdomain names

SYNOPSIS
abbrev local-domain1 [local-domain2 ...] < input-file

DESCRIPTION
Abbrev is a program that is used to construct the domain table residing in the PP table directory (tbldfldir). This is a useful tool as it allows a user an alternative way of specifying an RFC822 address. If abbrev is used, an abbreviated forms of domains may be specified which will then get properly expanded by the PP mail system. For example an address "Jim.Hacker@cs" could be expanded to "Jim.Hacker@cs.ucl.ac.uk", depending on abbrev's parameters.

Abbrev takes a number of command line arguments, which should be local domains. It takes as input a typical domain table format.

For each entry specified in the input-file, abbrev recursively shortens the key until the domain specified on the command line and the given entry share no common parts. Each entry is abbreviated with respect to each command line option.

Blank lines and comments are passed though unchanged.

SEE ALSO
The PP Manual: Volume 1 - Installation and Operation