* Eliot Moss (Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:40:44 -0400) > On 8/2/2011 8:24 AM, Sebastien Vauban wrote: > > Thorsten Kampe wrote: > >> * Sebastien Vauban (Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:46:52 +0200) > >>> My goal is to have just 1 alias that would work both under Win32 > >>> (Cygwin) and Ubuntu > >> > >> Why don't have simply put your alias definitions in if [[ $OSTYPE = > >> cygwin ]]; then else"? > > > > Because I really want one single definition which could work on > > every system I'm using. [...] > The suggestion to use a few conditionals that look at the which OS > you're on does not involve continued tweaking. Once you have the right > file, it works everywhere (for which you have provided suitable cases) > using the exact same file. It's just that different parts get executed > on different platforms. It's not as elegant as achieving an > arrangement with no conditionals, but it's practical and flexible.
Couldn't have said it better. Cygwin is not Linux and you just can't ignore the differences. For example I have different aliases for netstat and ps on Linux and on Windows. They just don't have the same options. Thorsten -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
