script will not allow functions to work

[jwmw1023]

hello, i am writing a small script to take care of some things when booting my knoppix disk. i cannot get any functions or aliases to work. i am sending these commands in the script:

function jdw () { alias list="ls /mnt/"; }
jdw
function jdm () { alias bdc="bdc --arc --delete --moves"; }
jdm

i start the script with #!/bin/bash
but have tried #!/bin/sh
also i have tried just the alias but with the shopt -s expand_aliases command and it also fails. everything else in the script works.

[jwmw1023]

no takers? well, can someone write a script that odes these things?

[drl]

Hi.

Your code seems to work for me:

#!/bin/sh

# @(#) s1       Demonstrate functions.

function jdw () { alias list=" echo ls /mnt/"; }
function jdm () { alias bdc=" echo bdc --arc --delete --moves"; }

echo " Activate the aliases."
jdw
jdm

echo
echo " Try the alias."
list
bdc

which produces when run:

% ./s1
 Activate the aliases.

 Try the alias.
ls /mnt/
bdc --arc --delete --moves

Note that I added an echo so that you know the alias definition has worked ... cheers, drl