Interesting and thank ya @Jim Hall for sharing that. The reason I have been usin alias over path is because I am not a fan of increasing the path length, which, if I am not mistaken, also reduces memory.
I am not sure how alias works under the hood, if it also uses memory or not, but I think it is a great option over path. Of course there is also a third option that one can use, and with so much extra disk space available these days, somethin I think worth mentioning, and thar is batch files which has probably the biggest advantage tryin to save on conventional ram. One can create batch files for their most useditems and add in the bin folder, or links folder? Links as in shortcut? Is there a connection there? Anywaay everyone has their own quirks and ways to do things. Nothing is "wrong" really if it works (my opinion). I really appreciate the comments and replie Keep up the great work Mr. Hall and all others involved. I use FreeDOS alot. On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 13:49 Jim Hall via Freedos-user < [email protected]> wrote: > Here's three ways I use aliases: > > 1. If I want to access a command under a different name. For example, the > distribution does this with the *shutdown* and *reboot* command by > default, because Linux users are more likely to type those. > > 2. If I want to run a command with a default command line parameter (rare > for me, but it comes in handy sometimes) > > 3. Most likely: running a command that I don't use all the time, and/or > wouldn't make sense to add to my PATH > > On the last example: when I write programs on FreeDOS, I often use the FED > editor. But FED isn't in the default PATH, and it's the only program in the > directory it's installed in. So if I want to use FED, i make an alias: > > > alias fed=c:\apps\fed\fed.exe > > > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2025, 8:18 AM Norby Droid via Freedos-user < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I was wonderin which would be better to use Alias or Path. >> >> Here is an example: >> I use FreeBasic and/or PowerBasic for my programming projects. >> >> I can either setup the path: >> Path=%Path%\Devel\PwrBas35\PB.exe >> or set up the alias: >> Alias PB=\Devel\PwrBas35\PB.exe >> >> But really, is one better than the other, or prefered over another. From >> my guess, alias may be a better solution, but others may have a different >> opinion. >> >> Thank you. >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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