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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>
To: "Hannu E K Nevalainen \(garbage mail\)" <garbage_collector@telia.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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