On 3/6/07, Peter Chubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
- Bash evaluates aliases before variable expansion.
ah, that's what i'm missing.
You want shell functions instead.
ok, i'll try that.
In fact, aliases are for people used to the csh way of doing things .. I'd *never* use them
never used csh before - i'm just a programmer masquerading (badly) as a sysadmin... thanks for the pointers. cheers justin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
