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From: huver@amgraf.UUCP (Huver)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: RE: Pathalias question
Message-ID: <312@amgraf.UUCP>
Date: 4 Aug 89 02:01:12 GMT
References: <1242@psuhcx.psu.edu> <1242@psuhcx.psu.edu>
Organization: Amgraf Inc.,  Kansas City
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In article <1242@psuhcx.psu.edu>, Bill Fenner says:
>
> I'd like to mark psuvax1 as dead in my maps, but then if any paths end up
> with psuvax1 in them, I'd like to have the path start with psuvax1.
> 
> ... Unfortunately, my path to psuvax1 is now:
> 
> psuvax1	lll-winken!ames!think!bloom-beacon!garp!psuvax1!%s


And in a reply article <1443@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>, Willam Davidsen writes:
> 
>   You'll kick yourself... just use sed to delete the leading crap.
> 	sed 's/ [^ ]*!psuvax1/psuvax1/' mypaths >betterpaths
> My makefile for paths does quite a bit of stuff like this, for just the
> same reason.

Both of you (prepare to kick yourselves) go read up pathalias manual pages
and "discover" what does the <node-name> notation mean (now go ahead and
kick).

The real answer is:

	<psuvax1>(whatever-the-applicable-cost)
	e.g. <psuvax1>(DIRECT)

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