Is ALIAS a FreeDOS specific command or
did it appear in late versions of DOS ?
The user guide for IBM PC-DOS 6.3 does
not mention this command.
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Yes, it's a FreeDOS extension in Command.com
On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM Jose Senna via Freedos-user
wrote:
>
> Is ALIAS a FreeDOS specific command or
> did it appear in late versions of DOS ?
> The user guide for IBM PC-DOS 6.3 does
> not mention this command.
>
Yes, and the FreeDOS distribution has a C:\freedos\links directory
just for that. For example, I've installed the IA-16 GCC compiler on
my system (and other C compilers) and the IA-16 GCC package also puts
*.com programs in C:\freedos\links
That way, if you have C:\freedos\links in your PATH, and
Interesting and thank ya @Jim Hall for sharing that.
The reason I have been usin alias over path is because I am not a fan of
increasing the path length, which, if I am not mistaken, also reduces
memory.
I am not sure how alias works under the hood, if it also uses memory or
not, but I think it
Here's three ways I use aliases:
1. If I want to access a command under a different name. For example, the
distribution does this with the *shutdown* and *reboot* command by default,
because Linux users are more likely to type those.
2. If I want to run a command with a default command line param
You are correct on the Path issue because Path just adds that path to the
list of places to look at when runnin programs.
On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 11:40 G.W. Haywood via Freedos-user <
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> On Thu, 25 Sep 2025, Norby Droid via Freedos-user wrot
Hi there,
On Thu, 25 Sep 2025, Norby Droid via Freedos-user wrote:
I was wonderin which would be better to use Alias or Path.
Here is an example:
I use FreeBasic and/or PowerBasic for my programming projects.
I can either setup the path:
Path=%Path%\Devel\PwrBas35\PB.exe
or set up the alias:
