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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:58:03 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: using aliases for cygwin commands on win2k
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On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 03:54:06PM -0700, Anoop Ghanwani wrote:
>
>
>--- Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au> wrote:
>> On Tue, 2001-09-18 at 08:37, Anoop Ghanwani wrote:
>> > I wanted to find out how to use aliases for cygwin commands
>> > on win2k.  The cygwin commands are located at c:\cygwin\bin.
>> > I don't run bash, but I still use commands such as ls, grep, rm,
>> mv.
>> > I would like to create aliases for these commands such as
>> > alias ls 'ls -lF' and so on.  How do I do something like this?
>> 
>> Run bash/tcsh/ksh. Do not run cmd.exe.
>
>Thanks for the response.
>
>If I do that, I lose the ability to start applications automatically by
>simply typing the file name.  For example, if I have a file try.doc,
>and I type try.doc at the Windows 2000 command prompt, it brings up
>Word with that document.

Ok, then ask someone in a windows-only mailing list how to do aliases.
This is not a cygwin question.

cgf

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