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+.\" $OpenBSD: forward.5,v 1.11 2024/09/05 05:51:46 jmc Exp $
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: February 13 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 5 2024 $
.Dt FORWARD 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
file contains a list of expansion values, as described in
.Xr aliases 5 .
Each expansion value should be on a line by itself.
-However, the
-.Nm .forward
-mechanism differs from the aliases mechanism in that it disallows
-file inclusion
-.Pq :include:
-and it performs expansion under the user ID of the
+Expansion is performed under the user ID of the
.Nm .forward
file owner.
.Pp