"alias" command?

[plcramer]

I have a long path that I need to inculude as an 8 character or less substitute. Is there some kind of "alias" command?

 

[bi]

Have you tried creating the 8 character directory and using ln -s to create a link?

For example:
/this/is/the/long/path/to/a/directory
/shortnam

ln -s /this/is/the/long/path/to/a/directory /shortnam

 

[dalexander]

Or try using the alias command :

alias short=/this/is/the/long/path/name

You can put that line in your ~.profile file as well...

 

[plcramer]

Thanks, both of you for the assistance!