Hi.
I have an Exim aliases file that works fine (let's call it
/etc/aliases). I want /etc/aliases to be able to include another
automatically generated aliases file (say, /etc/aliases.generated).
According to the Exim documentation on the "redirect router":
> *
>
> If an item is of the form
>
> :include:<path name>
>
> a list of further items is taken from the given file and included
> at that point. Note: Such a file can not be a filter file; it is
> just an out-of-line addition to the list. The items in the
> included list are separated by commas or newlines and are not
> subject to expansion. If this is the first item in an alias list
> in an lsearch file, a colon must be used to terminate the alias
> name. This example is incorrect:
>
> list1 :include:/opt/lists/list1
>
> It must be given as
>
> list1: :include:/opt/lists/list1
>
> Tainted data may not be used for a filename.
>
I can use the third form (last1: :include:/opt/lists/list1) in my
/etc/aliases file. However, I cannot use the first form:
:include:/etc/aliases.alternate
Am I misinterpreting the instruction?
Jason.