Re: a quick Q: what is the .alias for

2012-02-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 25 feb 12, 00:55:48, lina wrote: Here I asked about the extension, why use .alias, In the book, it's said related to X stuff. Under Unix (and Linux) filename extensions are just another part of the name, mostly to give humans an indication of what it *might* contain. Both cases of

a quick Q: what is the .alias for

2012-02-24 Thread lina
Hi, /lib/modules/3.2.5mj-lina/modules.alias /lib/modules/3.1.13.1-mj-lina/modules.alias I don't know what the .alias stands for, Thanks for any explainations, Best regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: a quick Q: what is the .alias for

2012-02-24 Thread Keith McKenzie
An alias is one word that is another word for the same thing. An alias associates one word with another. From man bash :- ALIASES Aliases allow a string to be substituted for a word when it is used as the first word of a simple command. The shell maintains a list of

Re: a quick Q: what is the .alias for

2012-02-24 Thread Walter Hurry
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:24:23 +0800, lina wrote: Hi, /lib/modules/3.2.5mj-lina/modules.alias /lib/modules/3.1.13.1-mj-lina/modules.alias I don't know what the .alias stands for, Thanks for any explainations, Would it not have been quicker and easier to try file and then less on one of

Re: a quick Q: what is the .alias for

2012-02-24 Thread Keith McKenzie
But the OP had already requested a place/book to learn about basic linux commands earlier, so the post is OK in my opinion. :) On 24/02/2012, Walter Hurry walterhu...@lavabit.com wrote: On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:24:23 +0800, lina wrote: Hi, /lib/modules/3.2.5mj-lina/modules.alias

Re: a quick Q: what is the .alias for

2012-02-24 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Please no top-posting. Thanks. Am Freitag, 24. Februar 2012 schrieb Keith McKenzie: On 24/02/2012, lina lina.lastn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, /lib/modules/3.2.5mj-lina/modules.alias /lib/modules/3.1.13.1-mj-lina/modules.alias I don't know what the .alias stands for, […] An alias is

Re: a quick Q: what is the .alias for

2012-02-24 Thread Keith McKenzie
I stand corrected. This is Gmail it is including the message with the reply! (It also must top post when it adds it, another problem) Sorry about that, I shall see if I can get Gmail via Icedove. -- Sent from FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: a quick Q: what is the .alias for

2012-02-24 Thread Keith McKenzie
I stand corrected. This is Gmail it is including the message with the reply! (It also must top post when it adds it, another problem) Sorry about that, I shall see if I can get Gmail via Icedove. It is also sending to the private address; my apologies. Damn these top posting web maillers! --

Re: a quick Q: what is the .alias for

2012-02-24 Thread Lisi
On Friday 24 February 2012 16:16:47 Keith McKenzie wrote: I shall see if I can get Gmail via Icedove. You can - it is what I do normally for both myself (KMail) and Peter (Icedove). As I said, when I had to use Gmail as my email client for several weeks, it drove me up the wall. Gmail is

Re: a quick Q: what is the .alias for

2012-02-24 Thread Lisi
On Friday 24 February 2012 16:44:42 Lisi wrote: On Friday 24 February 2012 16:16:47 Keith McKenzie wrote: I shall see if I can get Gmail via Icedove. You can - it is what I do normally for both myself (KMail) and Peter (Icedove). As I said, when I had to use Gmail as my email client for

Re: a quick Q: what is the .alias for

2012-02-24 Thread lina
On 24 Feb, 2012, at 23:06, Keith McKenzie km3...@gmail.com wrote: But the OP had already requested a place/book to learn about basic linux commands earlier, so the post is OK in my opinion. :) Yes. I have spent 3 hours on the book. (lots of things in my life comes so late, also for the

Re: a quick Q: what is the .alias for

2012-02-24 Thread lina
On 24 Feb, 2012, at 23:06, Keith McKenzie km3...@gmail.com wrote: But the OP had already requested a place/book to learn about basic linux commands earlier, so the post is OK in my opinion. :) Yes. I have spent 3 hours on the book. (lots of things in my life comes so late, also for

Re: a quick Q: what is the .alias for

2012-02-24 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 24/02/12 16:44, Lisi wrote: On Friday 24 February 2012 16:16:47 Keith McKenzie wrote: I shall see if I can get Gmail via Icedove. You can - it is what I do normally for both myself (KMail) and Peter (Icedove). As I said, when I had to use Gmail as my email client for several