Re: [newbie] Alias question...
*Slight* correction. :0) In bash you need quotes if the alias includes spaces. Example: alias z=zwrite That DOES NOT need quotes. alias mp='mplayer -vo x11' This alias DOES need quotes. I know... I'm nit-picking, just giving away free information! :0) tdh -- T. Holmes | UNIXTECHS.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | UIN: 17021091 | On Saturday 29 December 2001 17:06, you wrote: | Hi. I'm trying to get to alias's (pleural sp?) to work and am having | a problem. Here is what I put into /home/darklord/.bashrc: | | alias diablo2=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Diablo\ II/Game.exe | alias starcraft=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ | Files/Starcraft/starcraft.exe | | Bash always complains that it can not find either of the *.exe files. | It doesn't complain about the path to them... | | In bash you need quotes around the aliased command if it consists of | more than one word. | | S | | -- | Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines | Remove the fruit to obtain reply address: | spencer at lasermount satsuma dot uklinux dot net | 5:57pm up 35 days, 3:57, 13 users, load average: 0.05, 0.12, 0.20 | Registered Linux User #232457 | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com - Uptime --- 6:06PM up 66 days, 6:45, 3 users, load averages: 0.02, 0.02, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Alias question...
Spencer Collyer wrote: In bash you need quotes around the aliased command if it consists of more than one word. Thank you! -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Alias question...
On Saturday 29 December 2001 19:06, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Hi. I'm trying to get to alias's (pleural sp?) to work and am having a problem. Here is what I put into /home/darklord/.bashrc: alias diablo2=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Diablo\ II/Game.exe alias starcraft=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Starcraft/starcraft.exe PS Program Files and Diablo II have blank spaces in them, so I had to use the \ character, right? If I enter either of these commands as is from a shell, they execute just fine... Instead of using the \ escape character, try encasing the whole thing in double quotes: alias diablo2=winex /mnt/windows/Program Files/Diablo II/Game.exe Sometimes one method works better than the other, dunno why -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Alias question...
Hi. I'm trying to get to alias's (pleural sp?) to work and am having a problem. Here is what I put into /home/darklord/.bashrc: alias diablo2=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Diablo\ II/Game.exe alias starcraft=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Starcraft/starcraft.exe Bash always complains that it can not find either of the *.exe files. It doesn't complain about the path to them... Any ideas? Thanks! PS Program Files and Diablo II have blank spaces in them, so I had to use the \ character, right? If I enter either of these commands as is from a shell, they execute just fine... -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Alias question...
On Saturday 29 December 2001 17:06, you wrote: Hi. I'm trying to get to alias's (pleural sp?) to work and am having a problem. Here is what I put into /home/darklord/.bashrc: alias diablo2=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Diablo\ II/Game.exe alias starcraft=winex /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Starcraft/starcraft.exe Bash always complains that it can not find either of the *.exe files. It doesn't complain about the path to them... In bash you need quotes around the aliased command if it consists of more than one word. S -- Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines Remove the fruit to obtain reply address: spencer at lasermount satsuma dot uklinux dot net 5:57pm up 35 days, 3:57, 13 users, load average: 0.05, 0.12, 0.20 Registered Linux User #232457 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
