The follwoing is my .cshrc:
and when I log in and type init, I got the follwoing message:

Usage: init [0123456SsQqabc]
and also my login prompt is not ORACLE.bantest>>


I believed I am running /bin/sh

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#ident "@(#)local.cshrc 1.2 00/05/01 SMI"
umask 022
set path=(/bin /usr/bin /usr/ucb /etc .)
if ( $?prompt ) then
set history=32
endif
#
set prompt = "ORACLE.bantest>>"
alias init "/app/oracle/product/ora92/"
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Thanks in advance

If you are running sh then a .cshrc is not going to help you. .cshrc only works with csh.

The error message that you got indicates that you tried to run the systems init program. It resides in /usr/sbin. Is /usr/sbin on your PATH? /usr/sbin should really only be on root's PATH. Are you running as root? If that is the case I would suggest that you run as an ordinary user if at all possible.

sh is customized via .profile. But sh is a very simple shell and does not have aliases.

If you are running as a non-root user, changing the shell to csh might be an option. Then the .cshrc would be effective. But you have an error in yours. See that "if" statement? By checking if "prompt" is currently set, you are checking to see if the shell is interactive. You need to set your prompt inside that if statement. As it is, you are setting the prompt for all shells including non-interactive ones.

Instead of set prompt, I type the following line:

PS1="`hostname`:`pwd`:>>"

and when I log back again, it workslike that:

bantest:/home/simt:>>

So, I am using bourne shell, is there any way I can create an alias in my .profile to cd to my oracle alert_db.log files?

The complete path is :

/app/oracle/product/ora92/admin/SEED/bdump

Thanks in advance.
P.S. I am pretty new to unix.

The SunOS sh does seem to have functions (I just checked) so try this:
go() { cd /app/oracle/product/ora92/admin/SEED/bdump ; }
go

It works just great!

Can I have multiple go() at the same time?
What if I also wanted to cd /app/oracle/product/ora92/TEST/bdump, how can I set up another go()?
Where can I find out all the functions that comes with SunOS sh?

Thanks in advance

sorry about that.
I figured out myself the above question.

You are great!