My first alias in .bashrc...'apostrophes 'getting' in the way?'
 

Hey guys first post :)

I've been trying to learn linux for a long time now and after a long break I'm finally having some successes :)

I'm trying to make an alias called 'share' for the command:
smbclient '\\CV943500-a\share$'

I added this to .bashrc and source'd it:
alias share='smbclient '\\CV943500-a\share$''

When I try to run it smbclient gives the error:
share: not enough '\' characters in service

Is smbclient not reading it right because of the double apostrophes? When I run the command normal it works fine. Thanks alot in advance :-D
(Note those are two single ( ' ) apostrophes not one double ( " )

Firstly, those should be slashes, not back-slashes.
Secondly, there's no need to wrap the service name
into quotes.
Try

alias share='smbclient //CV943500-a/share$'



Cheers,
Tink

Thanks! :) I wonder why it worked with backslashes when I just typed it. Anyway it works now, woot :cool:

Pleasure ;)