enb14 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Hi guys I would like to know how I can create an Alias via console and how can I edit an existing one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 for all users in /etc/bashrc for just one user in their own home directory .bashrc just add the aliases, example: alias dir='ls -alFG' alias rm='rm-i' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enb14 Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 for all users in /etc/bashrc for just one user in their own home directory .bashrc just add the aliases, example: alias dir='ls -alFG' alias rm='rm-i' For example if I wanna create an alias for Unreal Tournament 2004 (ut2004.app) located in /Volumes/my_Partition/ut2004.app/Contents/MacOS/Unreal Tournament 2004 File to the called by this alias /Volumes/my_Partition/ut2004.app/System/ut2004-mac-bin How should I procede? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Oh, that kind of alias. There are to ways, in Finder you select the file and with the Option (Windows) key and Command (Alt) key presed together you drag it to any place you want and automatically it creates an alias of the file, you can move it to whatever you want and rename it as whatever you want. The other way (the unix way) is this, inTerminal type: ln -s /path-to-file/real-file /path-to-resulting-file/new-file ln command create a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enb14 Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 Thank you very much, I'll try it tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 By the way, this is also an excellent way to share an iPhoto or iTunes library between several users on the same system, assuming they both belong to a group that has read-write access to the folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackentangled Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 lol, what's an "alias"? a 'lil enlightenment would do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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