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From: pat@cscnj (Patrick Hester)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: alias/escapes (was Re: Attaching sounds to actions?)
Message-ID: <1991Jan24.193039.9240@cscnj>
Date: 24 Jan 91 19:30:39 GMT
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In article <992@kaos.MATH.UCLA.EDU>,  barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) writes:

> Sounds attached to commands
> ---------------------------
> 
> too attach foobar.snd to the command foobar, make the following alias
> in your .cshrc file:
> 
> alias foobar 'playsnd /me/foobar.snd ; /bin/foobar'
> 
> NOTE: you must put the full path name of foobar (here assumed /bin/foobar)
> in the alias to avoid a self-referential alias.

You could also prevent aliasing by escaping any character in the
name with a back slant. Like foo\bar will get you the executable
via your path instead of the alias. 

   alias foobar 'playsnd /me/foobar.snd ; fo\obar'

Also, if you are at a shell prompt and want to make sure you get
the executable instead of the alias.

BTW, this is only necessary in csh. ksh understands what you want.
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