On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:40:43 -0430 "Patrick O'Callaghan" <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> 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 > > poc > > After puting alias commands in bash.rc or profile.rc you have to run "bash" (whithout"") at the prompt. Then the aliases work henk -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
