You will need to use symbolic links. "ln -s" is your friend. Type "man ln" in your shell. Nitai > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Sargent > Sent: Montag, 21. März 2005 10:20 > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: making aliases system wide > > Hi All, > > I know that alias shows all aliases, and alias dirmysql='cd > /usr/local/mysql' allows me to just type dirmysql @ the promt to move to > the mysql dir. But, how do I get this to be system wide and remain after > a reboot. At the moment, if I open another terminal window after making > the alias, it doesn't carry over to the new one. My book, Beginning > Fedora2(I'm using 3 now) covers only how to make the alias. Could > someone tell me what I need to make it permanent, or what I'm not > understanding.? Cheers. > > Mark Sargent. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list