Christian Weisgerber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Doug Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Commentary on my files. . . Using allexport instead of an explicit
>> 'export' for every variable makes the file easier to read, and gives a
>> novice user one less thing to worry about.
"allexport" seems to be missing from Solaris and other sh
implementations. Perhaps "set -a" would be better.
>I think Sue has a made a good argument against allexport.
Do you have examples of a problem from "set -a"? I've used "set -a"
and {t,}csh's `setenv` for years with no difficulties.
>> # General aliases
>> alias la='ls -A'
>> alias lf='ls -AF'
>> alias ll='ls -loaF'
>> alias m=$PAGER
>> alias g='egrep -i'
>
>These are *very much* a matter of taste. I don't like a single one
>of them, but then again I wouldn't want to force mine on anybody
>else.
Exactly. Do we really need *any* default shell aliases? I hope not,
especially since some of these conflict with my own.
--
Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
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