[X-Unix] setting up aliases in bash / Tiger

[Stroller]

On 27 Sep 2006, at 18:40, ..lj wrote:
> On Sep 27, 2006, at 10:18, David Gilden wrote:
>>
>> Could someone point to me tutorial that would show me what files  
>> in Tiger
>> I can edit in Terminal so that I can set up some basic aliases...?
>
> try editing
> ~/.profile

Why .profile & why not .bash_profile? There must be a difference  
between them - anyone got any ideas what?

This is what I have:

    970 ~ $ cat .bashrc
    PS1="\! \w \$ "

    alias rm="rm -i"
    alias mv="mv -i"
    alias cp="cp -i"

    export HISTSIZE=900
    export HISTFILESIZE=900
    export PATH=$PATH:/Developer/Tools/:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin
    971 ~ $ cat .bash_profile
    #alias ssg="ssh -q -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o  
UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null"
    alias ssg="ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/ 
dev/null"

    #This file is sourced by bash when you log in interactively.
    [ -f ~/.bashrc ] && . ~/.bashrc

    972 ~ $

I can't remember exactly why one set of aliases is one & not the  
other. Most of the time both shells are sourced, but I believe there  
are some commands that you might not wish to be aliased in a non- 
interactive shell (such as a cron job?).

Stroller.