On 2004-05-10 00:02:44 +0300, George Cristian Birzan wrote: > On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 10:12:17AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2004-05-08 22:00:38 -0400, alex wrote: > > > alias win+='mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1; cd /mnt/hda1; ls > > > -aF --color=auto' (This is located in /root/.bashrc) > > [...] > > > I've read that aliases should be limited to simpler > > > commands such as: > > > alias cd..='cd ..' or alias lsl='ls -l' > > > and that aliases like my win+ should be structered as a function > > > instead of an alias. > > > > I agree. > > Not really. You only need functions when doing more complex things.
Of course. In many cases like for win+, functions are not needed (if one considers that the user will always type "win+" without anything else). But functions help by controlling the arguments and behave more consistently when there are redirections and &. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn / RISC OS / ARM, free software, YP17, Championnat International des Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
