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Create aliases for quick timezone checks
Authored by: ali baba on Aug 19, '03 11:08:54AM

com on you could have been a tad more elaborate here :-) it sound very useful.. i can't seem to find the invisible .login file in my home directory or elsewhere and once altered where do i quickly check the time-zone?



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Create aliases for quick timezone checks
Authored by: ryangreenberg on Aug 19, '03 11:20:01AM

Well, if the .login file in your home directory isn't there, then you could create it.

To use the aliases, type the name of the city in the terminal. (e.g. using the original hint as an example, type "LA" and then return to see the current Pacific time).



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sorry posted before in wrong branch of this thread
Authored by: ali baba on Aug 20, '03 04:21:20AM

hi thanks for responding.. i am not too familiar with these kind of manoeuvres.. is it ok if i fire up pico, copy your lines (i am in holland and accidentally my relatives are in LA and seoul) and save the file naming it ".login" in my home directory?



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Create aliases for quick timezone checks
Authored by: bici on Aug 21, '03 12:07:26AM
to find .files "dotfiles" issue the command ls -a. In this case i don't add anything to .login file. Instead i add all my aliases to my own /Users/bici/Library/init/tcsh/aliases.mine file. This way any changes only apply to your login id. (this assumes that you use the tcsh shell. your mileage might vary)

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