Re: What good is the default .alias file?
On Tue, 24 Jun 1997 12:05:25 -0400 (EDT), Scott K. Ellis wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Dave Cinege wrote:
>
>> What good is the default .alias file in /etc/skel?
>>
>> It by default isn't, and I can see my way to execute the damn thing.
>> If it was in the format:
>>
>> alias lsa="ls -a"
>>
>> it would be useful. How is this any good?
>>
>> alias a alias
>> alias loada 'source ~/.alias'
>> alias loadalias loada
>> alias log watchlog
>
>It is good because it contains csh/tcsh aliases, not bash aliases. A
>slightly different beast.
Ahhhhh.
Next question.....why is it not named .csh_alias ?
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