Create an alias in Windows XP
Problem
Back in school, I used to have a .login file along the lines of I'd like to do that sort of thing with my XP box here at work, but most of the resources I've found online seem fairly complicated and heavy-duty. Is there a way to do this that doesn't involve mucking about in the registry or running a large batch file? My original reason for asking this was that I only need the command line for one command in one specific folder, and I wanted to be able to get to that folder quickly when I launched the command line. But the accepted answer for this question is so good that I decided to ask about my original issue as a separate question: Change to default start folder for Windows command prompt.
Error Output
alias ll = ls -l alias dir = ls -Fhl alias web = cd ~/public/public_www/development
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Fix for: Create an alias in Windows XP
Not many people seem to know about it, but you can use the built-in macro tool, the only issue is that it doesn't save. There are many ways to work around this though. usage: will now do a directory listing just like would. If you want to use arguments with the commands, use this syntax: As for the workaround to make them save: save all aliases to a file in this format: and place it in one of the directories in your path. Name it something short like a.cmd, so when you open cmd you can type a t…
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