On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 08:40:43AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 11:27 +0000, Steve wrote: > > > Unfortunately, exporting aliases is not supported by bash (neither > > in > > > /etc/profile nor ~/.bash_profile) :-( > > > > No ! that's not right ! Of course it is supported. Aliases can be > > defined anywhere /etc/bashrc, /etc/profile, /etc/profile.d/*, > > ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash-profile ie: in any of the rc files. > > These files are 'eval'ed, so their contents are executed in the context > of the current shell. > > A simple test shows that aliases are not exported: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] alias foo='ls -ld' > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] foo > drwxr-xr-x 236 poc poc 20480 2008-12-01 01:07 . > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] bash > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] foo > bash: foo: command not found
If I recall correctly, /etc/profile, /etc/profile.d/*, and
~/.bash_profile are only eval'd in an interactive (login) shell. You
probably want to place your alias in ~/.bashrc so it will be used in
all shells.
Working manually, could also define foo as a function instead of an
alias, and then export it:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ foo() { ls -ld; }
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ foo
drwxr-xr-x 193 pfrields pfrields 12288 2008-12-01 09:00 .
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ export -f foo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ bash
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ foo
drwxr-xr-x 193 pfrields pfrields 12288 2008-12-01 09:00 .
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ exit
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