From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Oct 15 08:20:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA06699 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 08:20:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA06656 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 08:20:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) id IAA06440; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 08:20:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 08:20:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199810151520.IAA06440@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) Subject: Re: bin/8319: lost alias due to exports in .profile Reply-To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/8319; it has been noted by GNATS. From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: groggy@iname.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/8319: lost alias due to exports in .profile Date: 15 Oct 1998 17:16:37 +0200 groggy@iname.com writes: > #!/bin/sh > #echo ~/.shinit > a="alias|sort|more" > q="cd /home/user; ls" That's not going to work. Use: alias a='alias|sort|more' alias q='cd $HOME; ls' DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message