[SATLUG] Alias problem

[Kevin Flanagan]

Mike Wallace wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>I'm having a major brain fart at the moment.  I want to either create
>or reset an alias from a script rather than the shell.  So, imagine
>you have something basic like:
>
>#!/bin/bash
>alias my_alias="/path/to/some/command"
>
>The alias only remains set for the scope of the script.  How do you
>propogate the alias to the environment?  As it stands right now, the
>environment isn't changed.  I thought there would be some kind of
>"export" option, but I can't seem to turn up anything.  TIA,
>
>-Mike
>  
>
Mike,

    I may be wrong, try putting that line in your .bashrc.