That's normal. If you start a new shell, the aliases are a clean sheet. Unlike Unix shells, FreeCOM doesn't have startup files (perhaps an idea for the future).
On Mon, 12 May 2025 at 13:29, Wilhelm Spiegl via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Hi, > when running FDT2505 (and earlier) I noticed the following: > FDT has an environment with set xy=blabla etc. and it also uses aliases, e.g. > alias reboot=fdapm warmboot. > Usually this works fine. > But when I run "command", and start a new instance with this, e.g. to see the > version number of command, you see the differences. > > a) The environment is kept and still usable. > b) The aliases disappear, "alias" has no more content, result "reboot" etc. > does no longer work. > I am not sure if this is a bug or a feature. > Is there a reason why it is not kept like an environment? > > Willi > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
