topic Re: alias problem in Operating System - HP-UX

alias problem

iambluegary — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 06:08:10 GMT

i use alias name=string in sh,but when exit sh,the alias i wrote does not work any more,how can i make the alias can be used when out the sh.

Re: alias problem

Deepak Extross — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 06:14:27 GMT

Try setting the alias in your startup file ($HOME/.profile)
It should then be valid for your entire login session.

Re: alias problem

Hartmut Lang — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 06:15:38 GMT

Settings like "alias" are setting for the shell (not for the environment the shell runs in). So if you leave the shell your changes are gone.
If you want your settings to visible to all shells, you have to make them at login time (e.g. in .profile). Since all the shells you run, are spawned (are subshells) from your login shell.

Also see ENV for sh how to set shell-environment every time a new shell is started.

Hardy

Re: alias problem

federico_3 — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 06:26:02 GMT

Try to put in your .profile the variable ENV like the following:

export ENV=file_name_you_want

After this create the file_name_you_want ( usually $HOME/.kshrc) inserting the alias definition.

Ciao Federico