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Date:	Mon, 5 May 2003 16:27:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To:	"Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail)" <garbage_collector AT telia DOT com>
cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	RE: skel ~/.bashrc (was RE: HOME)
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On Mon, 5 May 2003, Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:

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

Shell functions allow parameters, and can be exported.  Otherwise there's
no difference, FWICS.
	Igor
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