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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Aliases In Unix Post 302313975 by amritansur on Thursday 7th of May 2009 06:37:40 AM
Old 05-07-2009
Aliases In Unix
Hi,

I am new to Unix. I want to know how to setup aliases in Unix. Mean if i write a particular word say scripts then it should take me to scripts directory.

Kindly help.
 

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gpt-postinstall

GPT-POSTINSTALL(8)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					GPT-POSTINSTALL(8)

NAME

       gpt-postinstall - Searches for post install scripts and executes them

SYNOPSIS

	 gpt-postinstall [-help -force -version -man -location ]

DESCRIPTION

       gpt-postinstall Searches an installation for post-install scripts that have not been run yet and executes them.	These scripts are
       installed by Setup packages and are designed to localize an installation. The -force flag can be used to re-run all of the setup scripts.

OPTIONS

       -force  forces all action to be taken, regardless of state.

       -help   Print a brief help message and exits.

       -man    Prints the manual page and exits.

       -version
	       Prints the version of GPT and exits.

       -location
	       Location indicates the path to the Globus installation that will be used.

SEE ALSO

       gpt-install(1) gpt-uninstall(1) gpt-verify(1)

AUTHOR

       Michael Bletzinger <mbletzin.ncsa.uiuc.edu> and Eric Blau <eblau.ncsa.uiuc.edu>

perl v5.14.2							    2012-04-30							GPT-POSTINSTALL(8)
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