On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 08:41:46AM +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2010-09-29, David Jardine <da...@jardine.de> wrote: > > [...] > > You could add > > > > alias gcc='gcc -lm ' (note the last space) > > What's the significance of the last space? > > >
This, as far as I remember, allows the user to continue the command on the command line. > > to /etc/profile > > <nitpick> > I would put the alias definition in /etc/bash.bashrc or ~/.bashrc > instead. It's a shell customisation, not an environment modification. > </nitpick> > I'm sure you're right. :) Cheers, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100930102905.ga2...@gennes.augarten
