bash alias for "./configure"

Allan · 2009-06-25 04:19:11

I want to achieve what this looks like it might do but doesn't....

alias ./configure="linux32 ./configure"

just using configure=... works but then it is not really the same thing.

Edit: I tried this but it does not work as "./configure" is not matched.

alias configure="configure --host=i686-pc-gnu-linux --build=i686-pc-gnu-linux"

fukawi2 · 2009-06-25 04:35:21

I think you might be crap outta luck Allan

fukawi2 ~  $ alias \.\/configure='ls -a'
bash: alias: `./configure': invalid alias name
fukawi2 ~  $ alias .\/configure='ls -a'
bash: alias: `./configure': invalid alias name
fukawi2 ~  $ alias ./configure='ls -a'
bash: alias: `./configure': invalid alias name
fukawi2 ~  $ alias './configure'='ls -a'
bash: alias: `./configure': invalid alias name

Allan · 2009-06-25 07:00:11

I have reached that conclusion too...

Xabre · 2009-06-25 11:25:52

In zsh it works

alias './configure'='linux32 ./configure'

but not sure how it would help......

SamC · 2009-06-25 16:42:44

Why don't you use an function?

function lin32config {
  linux32 `pwd`/configure
}

agorist · 2009-06-25 21:51:09

Honestly, why not just:

alias configure="./configure <whatever>"

Do you want to be able to tab complete the ./configure and have it do something else? Aliases'll be tab completed as well, and better yet, you could name it something like:

alias cfg=foo

Such that you never have to even worry about tab completing.

Allan · 2009-06-26 01:00:44

I could just use configure="linux32 ./configure" (and that is what my current alias is), but after years of typing ./configure, I would prefer it to be a bit more seamless. This is the only annoyance left for me while running an x86_64 kernel on the i686 userspace.

Procyon · 2009-06-26 08:12:06

You could use a macro, but readline's is recursive, and screen's times out fast, and neither will display what you write, so any ./ will become awkward.

For screen it's bindkey "./c" stuff "linux32 ./c"

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#1 2009-06-25 04:19:11

bash alias for "./configure"

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Re: bash alias for "./configure"

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Re: bash alias for "./configure"

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Re: bash alias for "./configure"

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