From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28338 invoked from network); 7 Nov 1997 15:02:22 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 7 Nov 1997 15:02:22 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA15597; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 09:56:16 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 09:55:58 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711071454.JAA15523@luomat.peak.org> Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 4.2mach v148) X-Image-URL: http://www.peak.org/~luomat/next/luomat@peak.org.tiff X-Nextstep-Mailer: Mail 4.2mach (Enhance 2.0b6.3) From: Timothy J Luoma Date: Fri, 7 Nov 97 09:54:47 -0500 To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Subject: confusion over the proper way to make an alias X-Image-URL-Disclaimer: hey, it's off my student ID, gimme a break ;-) Resent-Message-ID: <"jfZWx3.0.Jo3.yloOq"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1132 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu I have been setting up a new zsh account on a LINUX machine running ZSH 3.0.3 and found that I could not use: alias ls="ls $LS_OPTIONS" I had to use alias ls="command ls $LS_OPTIONS" or else I got the 'job table full' message mentioned in the FAQ. I went to my NeXT machine running 3.0.5 and found that if I used: alias ls="command ls $LS_OPTIONS" I got: /usr/local/gnu/bin/ls: ls: No such file or directory but if I used alias ls="ls $LS_OPTIONS" then it worked OK. Can someone explain what is going on and what the proper way to set the alias is? Thanks TjL