On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 08:40:43AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 11:27 +0000, Steve wrote: > > > Unfortunately, exporting aliases is not supported by bash (neither > > in > > > /etc/profile nor ~/.bash_profile) :-( > > > > No ! that's not right ! Of course it is supported. Aliases can be > > defined anywhere /etc/bashrc, /etc/profile, /etc/profile.d/*, > > ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash-profile ie: in any of the rc files. > > These files are 'eval'ed, so their contents are executed in the context > of the current shell. > > A simple test shows that aliases are not exported: > > [poc@bree:~] alias foo='ls -ld' > [poc@bree:~] foo > drwxr-xr-x 236 poc poc 20480 2008-12-01 01:07 . > [poc@bree:~] bash > [poc@bree:~] foo > bash: foo: command not found If I recall correctly, /etc/profile, /etc/profile.d/*, and ~/.bash_profile are only eval'd in an interactive (login) shell. You probably want to place your alias in ~/.bashrc so it will be used in all shells. Working manually, could also define foo as a function instead of an alias, and then export it: [pfrields@localhost ~]$ foo() { ls -ld; } [pfrields@localhost ~]$ foo drwxr-xr-x 193 pfrields pfrields 12288 2008-12-01 09:00 . [pfrields@localhost ~]$ export -f foo [pfrields@localhost ~]$ bash [pfrields@localhost ~]$ foo drwxr-xr-x 193 pfrields pfrields 12288 2008-12-01 09:00 . [pfrields@localhost ~]$ exit -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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