A script to regenerate both the data/aliases.db hash file and the

plain text data/aliases file for the Postfix MTA, using the known list
of mailing lists.  This overwrites the existing file contents and
should be used if they get out of sync.

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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+"""Regenerate Postfix's data/aliases and data/aliases.db files from scratch.
+
+Usage:
+
+    genaliases [options]
+
+Options:
+
+    --help/-h
+        Print this message and exit.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import getopt
+import dbhash
+
+import paths                                      # path hacking
+from Mailman import Utils
+from Mailman import MailList
+from Mailman.MTA import Postfix
+from Mailman.i18n import _
+
+
+
+def usage(code, msg=''):
+    print >> sys.stderr, _(__doc__)
+    if msg:
+        print >> sys.stderr, msg
+    sys.exit(code)
+
+
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'h', ['help'])
+    except getopt.error, msg:
+        usage(1, msg)
+
+    for opt, arg in opts:
+        if opt in ('-h', '--help'):
+            usage(0)
+
+    if args:
+        usage(1)
+
+    # Open the text file and dbhash files, truncating any data already there.
+    # We need to acquire a lock so nobody tries to update the files while
+    # we're doing it.
+    lock = Postfix.makelock()
+    lock.lock()
+    try:
+        db = dbhash.open(Postfix.DBFILE, 'n')
+        fp = open(Postfix.TEXTFILE, 'w')
+        for listname in Utils.list_names():
+            mlist = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=0)
+            Postfix.addlist(mlist, db, fp)
+        db.sync()
+        fp.close()
+    finally:
+        lock.unlock(unconditionally=1)
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()