An alias is an alternative name. In computer science, the most common contexts are command aliases in shells, column aliases in databases, or variable references in languages like C++.
For bash aliases use the bash-alias tag.
Questions tagged [alias]
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Executing a script in an alias
I'm trying to alias eclipse to execute eclipse -data $(pwd). However, for some reason adding this to my zshrc doesn't work:
alias eclipse="eclipse -data $(pwd)"
I can't seem to find the correct syntax - can someone help me out?
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ORA-00972: Identifier is too long
I have a query that I am executing in visual studio's query tool and I am getting the following error.
ORA-00972: identifier too long.
Now I believe I am aware that oracle has a 30 byte limit, but this is the query I am trying to execute.
select…
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GAE SSL cert requirements
I need some help with setting up SSL for an app on GAE. I have a domain associated with my GAE app, through a Custom Domain managed with Google Apps. However my app is being accessed through a url belonging to an Alias. So for example my Google apps…
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Getting resolved queue name for an alias queue in mq api exit
I am trying to get the resolved queue name (i.e. the base queue name of an alias queue) in open_after and put1_before API exit by looking at ResolvedQName field of Object descriptor(MQOD). But it does not seem to contain the base queue name (i.e. is…
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How to alias singleton scope onto a custom scope in Spring
Ok so I have a custom scope that works in a server environment. I'm trying to write some unit tests and in the case of the unit tests I want these beans to be singleton since it's too complicated to mock everything necessary to make the custom scope…
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Alias 2 columns to the same name
I am wondering if it is possible to alias 2 columns from 2 separate tables to the same name.
For example i want to join an email table with a user table and admin table and let the respective 'name' columns be combined in the same column.
Email…
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Create a bash alias for the cd - command
I'd like the create the alias -- for the bash cd - command. Searching to solve this problem, I found the advice to use this alias:
alias -- -="cd -"
However, that leads to the following error, as seen in this session snippet:
chris@DeathStar:~$ cd…
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mod_alias AliasMatch Regex - matching everything in a folder except two patterns?
I'd like to use AliasMatch to create an alias for everything within a folder, except for two (or more) specific regex patterns.
For instance the following AliasMatch creates an alias for everything in the 'content' folder:
AliasMatch /content(.*)…
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Extjs view alias / xtype not defined in controller
I have a view which contains a tab control with 2 tabs. I have defined an alias for each tab, in this format:
alias: 'widget.contenttab'
I am trying to access 'contenttab' in the controller but it says it is not defined:
contenttab is not…
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How can I alias 'gvim filename' to 'gvim filename &'
I want gvim to always open in a separate window and return the command prompt immediately. In other words I want
gvim filename
to be the same as
gvim filename &
it seems like I should be able to do this with an alias. Is there a special wildcard…
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why is "noclobber" appearing in bash command arguments
There are a bunch of folders in ~/path/ with names that begin with prefix, and I need to access them very frequently. I'm trying to create a shortcut in .bashrc that will make "prefix example" run the command "cd ~/path/prefixexample".
I encountered…
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Right join a table twice to a second table with each alias inner joined to to a third table's two aliases
Maybe I'm going about it the wrong way. Here is what I'm trying to do and my problem.
I have 3 tables.
assets (a computer, network device, etc)
ports (a port on the computer, network device, etc)
port_connections (has a port_id_a and port_id_b field…
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Declare a variable that is Defined in a struct
Consider the following struct defined in ModuleA:
typedef struct{
int A;
int B;
int C[4];
}myStructType;
myStructType MyStruct;
If I wanted to use this struct from ModuleB, then I would declare the struct in the ModuleA header like…
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How to shorten paths when accessing linked-server objects in SQL
Is there a way to shorted access paths in SQL? I am thinking something similar to alias's but I don't know how to ask this question in google to get the appropriate application of alias'ing
This:
select * from ServerName.DBName.dbo.TableName
To:
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Red5 create stream name alias at runtime
I would like to create alias names for locally stored video files at runtime. For example, I have a "test/video.flv" file and I create a "abc123" alias (or "abc123.flv" if the extension matters).
I would like to use these aliases for unique and…
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