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From: rad@genco.bungi.com (Bob Daniel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: ksh - how do you keep aliases permanent?
Message-ID: <557@genco.bungi.com>
Date: 12 Mar 91 15:30:14 GMT
References: <57993@mcdchg.chg.mcd.mot.com> <7365@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <544@genco.bungi.com> <1991Mar11.041751.18032@cbnews.att.com>
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In article <1991Mar11.041751.18032@cbnews.att.com> lvc@cbnews.att.com (lawrence.v.cipriani) writes:
>In article <544@genco.bungi.com> rad@genco.bungi.com (Bob Daniel) writes:
>>When defining aliases, is there a way to keep them permanent as they are defined
>>rather than inserting them directly into .profile?  If I have to, I'll write

>I guess I'm not entirely certain what you mean by "keep them permanent."
>If you want those aliases and functions accessible to sub-shells try this:
>export and define a variable called ENV in .profile; $ENV is the name of
>an environment file ksh will automatically "dot" after .profile when you
>login.  You do not have to say . $ENV in your .profile, it is redundant
>[at login].

Whenever setting up aliases, they are gone when I log out.  I want to keep
aliases permanent for the next time I login.