Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Thorsten Kampe Subject: Re: How does one set aliases for Cygwin for XP Prof Windows? Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:56:46 +0100 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <1j596oae54s3s$.1rplzwo8jszut$.dlg@40tude.net> References: <9ED00E54321A9349A3A7B9C805C0984B04EBE76F@maui.shoretel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 X-IsSubscribed: yes * Patrick Sullivan (2005-07-22 22:50 +0100) > I looked around and couldn't find out (from user guide or FAQs) how to > set my own alias settings for Cygwin. Cygwin doesn't have aliases. > I have Cywin installed on my PC (running Windows XP Professional). > There has to be a file somewhere, where I can add the alias settings, > but I am not sure where it is. Does anyone know where the file is for > putting personal alias settings? As others have pointed out: 1. make sure which program/shell your are using 2. get a basic knowledge about the program/shell your are using Because you don't give any input, the only reasonable answer to your question is: "it depends". Do yourself a favour and Read The Fine Manual! The section you should care about is called "FILES" at the end of the manpage. Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/