On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 19:45 +0900, Mark Sargent wrote: > Michael A. Peters wrote: > > > > > On 03/21/2005 01:19:30 AM, Mark Sargent wrote: > > > >> 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. > > > > > > You can put it in your .bashrc file. > > > > To do it systemwide for ALL users - put an executable shell script > > that sets it in /etc/profile.d/ (don't modify an existing file in > > there, make a new one) > > > > For an example of what that would look like - run > > > > cat /etc/profile.d/which-2.sh > > > > You want to make a file of that form and make it executable in /etc/ > > profile.d/ > > > > but only if you want it system-wide (for just your user, edit .bashrc > > in your home (~) directory ) > > > Hi All, > > ok, dirmysql was just an example. For it, I want only root to be able to > use it, but for this one, for example, alias dirdlds='cd > /home/paranor/downloads' I'd like it available to both root and the user > paranor. Whilst I un I can put it in the .bashrc file for paranor, how > about for root..? Cheers. > > Mark Sargent. > If you only want it for one or two users, put it in the specific ~/.bashrc for that user (root, paranor, etc). If you want it for everyone on the system put it in /etc/bashrc (assuming that everyone will be using bash as their shell of course).
