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From: andyross@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Andrew Rossmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 4DOS aliases
Message-ID: <[257b1a89:7036.2]comp.ibmpc;1@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 5 Dec 89 02:00:04 GMT
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>  Resp: 1 of 1 by peper1 at unix.cis.pitt.edu
>Author: [J. Christian A. Peper]
>  Date: Mon Dec 04 1989 17:03 CST
>How do I get 4DOS to read my aliases from a file?
>alias /r c:\aliases.bat doesn't work.
>It doesn't like this one, in particular:
>	alias fb `format g`
>
>	Any idea?
>	Chris.
>* PEPER1@PITTVMS.BITNET		peper1@unix.cis.pitt.edu      	    *

  The format for using an alias file in 4DOS is to have it in this format:
new_cmd=old_cmds

  For example:
DIR=*DIR /OUJ
PROCOMM=CDD C:\PROCOMM^PROCOMM

  You should not have an 'readable' alias file like a batch file. Just
enter each line like above.

  Andrew Rosssmann
  andyross@ddsw1.MCS.COM