Help with aliases and subshells in ksh

[jouell]

Hi!


If I do this:

alias suo='su - oracle -c ". /.aliases; exec $SHELL"'

and then run my new alias, only the varaibles I export are brought over, not the aliases....Why is that?

Thanks!
-John



Please see:

http://tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=720908&page=5

 

[PHV]

Replace this:
-c ". /.aliases
By this:
-c "./.aliases

Hope This Helps, PH.
Want to get great answers to your Tek-Tips questions? Have a look at FAQ219-2884 or FAQ181-2886

 

[PHV]

OOps, sorry, disregard my previous post, I meant this:
Replace this:
-c ". /.aliases
By this:
-c ". ./.aliases

Hope This Helps, PH.
Want to get great answers to your Tek-Tips questions? Have a look at FAQ219-2884 or FAQ181-2886

 

[jouell]

Hmmm, I get:

ksh: ./.jo: not found


The file lives in / and is named .jo

Am I doing something wrong?


Thanks!
-john

 

[hoinz]

Exported aliases remain in effect for scripts
invoked by name, but must be reinitialized for separate invocations of the
shell.

hth

 

[p5wizard]

Check out the environment variable called "ENV" for ksh.

It can be used to "export" functions and aliases from a running korn shell process to an invoked korn subshell...

HTH,

p5wizard