Re: Jessie - Strange Alias Problem

["Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>]

Hi,

S. P. Molnar wrote:
> I have the following line in my /home/comp/.bashrc;
>  alias l='ls -l --color'
> If I source the file in my /home/comp it works - once!, and only in my home
> directory!!!

What exactly do you mean by "[to] source" ?


> If I change to another directory - it doesn't work!

I can reproduce this only if the other directory contains nothing but
data files which do not get a fancy color.
(I put the alias into ~/.bashrc and start a new xterm to get it into
 effect.)


Have a nice day :)

Thomas