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From:	"Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To:	"Hannu E K Nevalainen \(garbage mail\)" <garbage_collector AT telia DOT com>,
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Subject:	Re: skel ~/.bashrc (was RE: HOME)
Date:	Mon, 5 May 2003 21:20:41 +0100
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Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:

> $ info Bash # says that shell functions are preferable to aliases...
>   anyone who can explain?

Well, I prefer shell functions because I can export them to subshells,
whereas aliases don't permit that.

Max.


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