Thanx! I added 
        alias dup='/sbin/ifup ppp0'
        alias ddw='/sbin/ifdown ppp0'
                to .bash in RH6.0. Then because it is an initialization file (I
guess), I rebooted and it worked.


John Aldrich wrote:
> 
> Well, ONE place is your .bashrc (in RedHat, default shell is bash.) The
> syntax is as follows (from memory):
> alias ls='ls --color'
> 
> i.e. alias <new alias command>='<command line>' Please note that these are
> SINGLE quotes..... I'm sure there are other places they go as well, but
> that's one place. As for how to create aliases for the ppp dial-up process,
> I'm clueless on that one. :-)
>     John
> ----- Original Message -----

> > Where do aliases go in linux?  And what is the syntax for the script?
> > If i know where they go, I can look there and copy the existing
> > aliases.  NOTE:  I know absolutely nothing about how aliases are done.
> > My goal is to have aliases for the ppp dial-up process.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > "Grasshopper, What new styles have you learned today?"
> >
> > Austin G. Swinney
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~aswinney/
> >

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