Maybe no changes unless someone else asks. I like to keep things simple. 
Manually updating my alias file is the best solution. Thanks.

On 06/23/2011 03:42 AM, Paul Alfille wrote:
> Hi William,
>
> Currently, the aliases added/deleted after startup are not added to an
> alias file.
>
> There are a couple of policy issues to think about:
>
> 1. Would the file be opened and closed with every alteration? With the
> new entry appended to the end?
> 2. Should the "saved" alias file be the original, or a new file
> (possibly the same one if the same name is specified).
>
> And the real problem that has held me back:
> 3. How do I handle a distributed system with owhttpd, owfs, and
> owserver(s)? Each one might see only some of the alias activity.
>
> In the limit we almost need a separate alias database with
> communication between all programs.
>
> The easiest approach would be to add a flag that the alias file will
> be updated with each entry/deletion and you could put that on your
> owhttpd. Would that solve your needs?
>
> Paul Alfille
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:46 AM, William Brown<mahi...@earthlink.net>  wrote:
>> Just restarted my computer and found that an alias I entered with
>> owhttpd was not entered into my alias file. Using owfs-2.8p9. Is this
>> the way it is supposed to work?
>>
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