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From: Rolf Campbell <rcampbell AT tropicnetworks DOT com>
Subject: Re: Aliases no longer defined?
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:08:46 -0500
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Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> P.S. On an unrelated note, the use of shell functions is recommended over
> the use of aliases.

Why is that?



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