sendmail, 4th Edition

The vacation Program’s Command-Line Switches

The behavior of the vacation program can be modified with the command-line switches shown in Table 10-8. In the sections that follow, we explain each in greater detail.

Table 10-8. vacation command-line switches

Switch	§	Description
-a	-a on page 386	Also handle mail for another name.
-C	-C on page 386	Specify an alternative configuration file.
-d	-d on page 387	Don’t syslog errors.
-f	-f on page 387	Use a different database file.
-i or -I	-i or -I on page 387	Initialize the database file.
-j	-j on page 388	Respond despite lack of expected recipient in To: or Cc: headers (V8.13 and above).
-l	-l (lowercase L) on page 389	List the database’s contents.
-m	-m on page 389	Use a different message file.
-r	-r on page 390	Change the notification interval.
-R	-R on page 390	Redefine the envelope sender address to use (V8.13 and above).
-s	-s on page 390	Specify the sender in the command line.
-t	-t on page 391	Ignored for compatibility with Sun’s vacation.
-U	-U on page 391	Don’t look up the user in the passwd(5) file.
-x	-x on page 392	Exclude a list of addresses.
-z	-z on page 392	Set the sender to <>.

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Also handle mail for another name vacation command-line switch

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