[Trent2800]

How do I keep my alias entries after I restart? (the alias whatever=command command)

[sarumont]

Are you referring to command line aliases? If so, then just add the 'alias=' entry to your ~/.bashrc

[lugoteehalt]

According to the manual, the bit about funtions, it is almost always preferrable to use functions rather than aliases.

Well, it interests me.

[heartsmagic]

Originally Posted by lugoteehalt

According to the manual, the bit about funtions, it is almost always preferrable to use functions rather than aliases.

Well, it interests me.

I agree with you lugoteehalt. Aliases dont take parameters like $1. So functions are always preferable.

I learnt this here, this forum [/b]

[danbo]

i'm not on linux now so i cant check the MAN Alias.......What is the format that these aliases are wrote in?

[Dolda2000]

Well, there are still cases where aliases are preferrable. Aliases can be thought of as just a simple command expansion. For example, if you run this:

alias 'ls=ls --color'

If you then run `ls *.c', it will expand `ls' into `ls --color', so that the command line that it runs becomes `ls --color *.c'. That's all there is to aliases. Whether you want to use an alias or a function depends on the application.

[danbo]

so could i do

Alias winmount=mount dev/hda1 mnt/WINNT

Then if i typed 'winmount' it would mount my windows partition, would that alias work?

[Dolda2000]

Nope. That wouldn't work since you haven't quoted it properly. This, however, would work:

alias 'winmount=mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/WINNT'

[danbo]

Originally Posted by Dolda2000

Nope. That wouldn't work since you haven't quoted it properly. This, however, would work:

alias 'winmount=mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/WINNT'

haha it wondered why i never worked