On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Joe Klemmer wrote:
[...]
>Making the move to Linux means you're going to be exposed to, and likely
>work on, other *NIX flavors.
That's not a valid assumption.
>What good is it to alias a command that works on dozens of other systems
>to something that only works on three?
Convenience? Perhaps you'd like to suggest that aliases should be
removed altogether? Why not also eliminate shell configuration scripts,
or even all shell scripts?
Every--***EVERY***---flavor of UNIX has differences from every other
flavor. Users *are* going to run into differences. Adding a few aliases
to make the environment more convenient and comfortable is not a bad
thing! Do you define "ll" for your users? Many, *many* systems do.
Is that just as bad? What about the handful of standard aliases many
system C shell login scripts define (pushdir and popdir among others)?
>Especially if you want to get a job in the 6 digit range (unix) as
>opposed to minimum admin salary (NT).
Anyone that isn't aware that they're using aliases won't merit a
six-figure salary. Hell, I'm well aware of the aliases I use and I
don't merit a six-figure salary.
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Steve Coile
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