From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16166 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2004 19:22:42 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 16 Mar 2004 19:22:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 2357 invoked by alias); 16 Mar 2004 19:22:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 7189 Received: (qmail 2317 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2004 19:22:30 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO sunsite.dk) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 16 Mar 2004 19:22:30 -0000 X-MessageWall-Score: 0 (sunsite.dk) Received: from [62.189.58.19] by sunsite.dk (MessageWall 1.0.8) with SMTP; 16 Mar 2004 19:22:30 -0000 Received: from MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (mailhost1.csr.com [62.189.183.235]) by lhuumrelay3.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id i2GJMTv23822 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:22:29 GMT Received: from EXCHANGE02.csr.com (unverified [192.168.137.45]) by MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.12) with ESMTP id for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:22:07 +0000 Received: from csr.com ([192.168.144.127]) by EXCHANGE02.csr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:24:42 +0000 To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: Aliases with multiple names In-reply-to: "zzapper"'s message of "Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:15:00 GMT." <57ke50hc0r34pj1sdb31mhio5lbv1hfth3@4ax.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:22:29 +0000 Message-ID: <1483.1079464949@csr.com> From: Peter Stephenson X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Mar 2004 19:24:42.0577 (UTC) FILETIME=[55304410:01C40B8C] zzapper wrote: > Hi Ya > I want to give aliases long & short names (w/o duplicating the entire > alias) > > alias fred='echo "goat"' > > alias f=fred > > Both f & fred now echo goat but is this actually "legal" and will it > always work? Yes, aliases are evaluated recursively except that each individual alias won't be expanded inside replacement text for itself. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************