Aliases

RatAlias add book name fullname content comment options

Adds the given alias to the alias list.

RatAlias delete name ?...?

Deletes the named aliases from the alias list.

RatAlias get alias

Returns the definition of an alias. The return value is {book fullname content comment options}.

RatAlias list var

Returns the alias list. The alias list is inserted into an array named "var". The index is the name of the alias and the content is a list of three elements {book fullname content comment options}.

RatAlias read filename

Reads aliases from filename and adds them to the internal list.

RatAlias save book filename

Saves an address book to the specified file.

RatAlias expand1 adrlist

Takes one address line as argument and tries to do first level alias expansion on it, i.e. any found aliases are complemented with their fullnames (if any). The new adrlist is returned.

RatAlias expand2 adrlist

Takes on adress line as argument and tries to do full alias expansion on it, i.e. every alias is replaced with its content.