[comp.sys.amiga] Alias bug

dan@ivucsb.UUCP (Dan Howell) (04/15/89)

I found a bug in alias.  If you alias a command which matches the first
characters of another alias, the first alias will be deleted.  For example,
if you do:

alias exit endcli
alias ex execute []

the first alias 'exit' will go away.  However, if you do

alias ex execute []
alias exit endcli

it will work fine.  It's only a minor annoyance, but it could confuse users
(it had me baffled for about 10 minutes).

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