I got it to work by creating ~/.alias and made a few aliases...they work. I didn't put it in /etc/profile since I'm the only user. Even as root, I wouldn't be using the aliases (they are aliases for the web and I don't go on the web as root). Thanks for all the help. Once again, the Suse list pulls through! :o) -- Ron Sinclair @ http://www.wigglit.com On Tuesday 16 October 2001 12:41, Avi Schwartz wrote:
First of all the one line I left from your message explains where you should create your own aliases. Create in you home directory a file called ..alias and add all your own aliases in there.
If you want to create system wide aliases so all users will get them you can put them in /etc/profile.local.
Second, the system wide aliases are stored in /etc/profile
Avi
--On Tuesday, October 16, 2001 12:31:48 PM +0900 Ron Sinclair
wrote: I've a question.
I want to create this alias, amongst others:
alias onic='ssh -l bubonic zippy.shellyeah.org '
I can do that and the alias will work, but after I'm done and close the x-terminal, I lose the alias. How do I keep the alias saved?
If I just type 'alias' or 'alias -p', I get a listing of all existing aliases, so I KNOW they are being stored somewhere....
test -e ~/.alias && . ~/.alias