-bi

Initialize alias databases All versions

The -bi command-line switch causes sendmail to rebuild its aliases(5) databases and then exit. This switch is described in Rebuild the Alias Database on page 478. The name newaliases and the (obsolete) -I command-line switch are synonyms for this mode.

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