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Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 01:57:48 +0100 (MET)
From: svartsjel AT gmx DOT net
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Subject: bash loop troubles
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Hi,

I tried to run the following bash script:

for drive in a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
do
   alias ${drive}:="cd /cygdrive/${drive}"
done

I guess, the syntax for the loop is okay, if I replace the alias line with a
simple echo command:

echo $drive

I get

a
b
...

and so on.

Doing the following (both at the prompt and within a bash script):

drive='c'; alias $drive:="cd /cygdrive/$drive"

will lead to the alias as expected. Merely inside the loop it just doesn't
seem to work.
Any hints?

Thanks in advance,

Michael


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