When I try to create and ALIAS I get the error"is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. " What is the PROPER way to create as alias in CMD?What do you mean by 'alias' ?

GrahamIn Unix / Linux you can do e.g.

alias ll=ls -l

and afterwards when you type ll at the bash prompt it is as if you had typed ls -l

here is a list of some aliases I have on my SuSe box

Code: [Select]alias attrib='chmod'
alias chdir='cd'
alias copy='cp'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias d='dir'
alias del='rm'
alias deltree='rm -r'
alias dir='/bin/ls $LS_OPTIONS --format=vertical'
alias edit='pico'
alias ff='whereis'
alias ls='/bin/ls $LS_OPTIONS'
alias mem='top'
alias move='mv'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias pico='pico -w -z'
alias rm='rm -i'
alias search='grep'
alias v='vdir'
alias vdir='/bin/ls $LS_OPTIONS --format=long'
alias which='type -path'
alias *CENSORED*='watch -n 1 w -hs'
alias wth='ps -UXA | more'

The reason, airhud868, why you got the error message is that CMD does not have aliases 

You could use SET I suppose, e.g.

set mydir=dir /w /a-d /on

and then type

%mydir% at the prompt or have it in a batch file (provided you had set it as an environment variable first)

But you would be better off creating a batch file and putting it on your PATH

Moral: CMD is not Linux (or Unix)