Aliases

SkyeFyre · 03-18-2005, 02:56 PM

Hey, I'm still new to Linux and I was wondering. I use an alias to mount my windows partition quickly but I was wondering if there is a way to make the alias permanent. I guess what I'm looking for is a file or something that I can edit to make it set the alias whenever I boot up.

mugstar · 03-18-2005, 03:05 PM

You need to edit (as root) the file /etc/fstab to do this, adding a line to tell the system which partition to mount, where to mount it and what filesystem to use, among other things. Doing `man fstab` should help.

misc · 03-18-2005, 03:06 PM

/etc/fstab - run "man fstab"

SkyeFyre · 03-18-2005, 03:17 PM

Oh, because I've got that and for some reason I need to mount it each time I start up. Maybe I messed something up in there. Thanks, I thought I still had to mount things.

EDIT: But, is there a way to make permanent aliases anyways? I have a few other things I do quite often and would like an easier way of doing them.

misc · 03-18-2005, 03:28 PM

What do you mean with "Aliases"? Shell command aliases? You usually put these into $HOME/.bashrc or $HOME/.bash_profile depending on when you need them.

SkyeFyre · 03-18-2005, 03:35 PM

Yeah, sorry, shell command aliases. When I boot up, I just need it to set the aliases. So lets say I login as skyefyre and load up my terminal, I just have to type my alias.

misc · 03-18-2005, 03:45 PM

See above.

SkyeFyre · 03-18-2005, 04:16 PM

Where in the files do I put it?
.bashrc or .bashrc_profile
In what format?
alias thing='<command>'
or
thing='<command>'
Or are those both wrong?

mugstar · 03-18-2005, 07:35 PM

An alias goes in ~/.bashrc, in the format
alias whatever='actual_command', for example

Code:

alias ls='ls -lh --color'

If you would prefer your windows partition mounted automatically on boot (thereby saving the bother of ever having to mount it manually, either using `mount` or an aliased command) then you need to edit the file /etc/fstab as I suggested above.

Have a look at the file and its syntax by doing `less /etc/fstab` and read the results of `man fstab`. Between them you should be able to work out the details of the line you need to add.