SHRALIAS - Load or unload SHRALIAS.EXE
Purpose: Retains global command history, directory history, and alias
lists in memory when the command processor is not running.
Format: SHRALIAS [/U]
/U(nload)
Usage
When you close all CMD.EXE sessions, the memory for the global command
history, global directory history, and global alias list is released. If
you want the lists to be retained in memory even when no command
processor session is running, you need to execute SHRALIAS.
The SHRALIAS command starts and initializes SHRALIAS.EXE, a small program
which remains active and retains global lists when CMD.EXE is not
running. In order to start the program, SHRALIAS must be able to find
SHRALIAS.EXE either in the same directory as CMD.EXE, or in a directory
in your PATH. You cannot run SHRALIAS.EXE directly, it must be run by
the SHRALIAS command.
Once SHRALIAS has been executed, the global lists will be retained in
memory until you use SHRALIAS /U to unload the lists, or until you shut
down your operating system.
SHRALIAS will not work unless you have at least one copy of CMD.EXE
running with global alias, command history, and directory history lists
enabled. If the required global lists are not found, SHRALIAS will
display an error.
If you start SHRALIAS from a temporary CMD.EXE session which exits after
starting SHRALIAS (for example, by executing SHRALIAS in your OS/2
STARTUP.CMD file), the command processor session may terminate and
discard the shared lists before SHRALIAS can attach to them. In this
case SHRALIAS.EXE will not be loaded. If you experience this problem,
add a short delay with the DELAY command after SHRALIAS is loaded and
before your session exits.
For more information about global history and alias lists, see Local and
Global Command History under Command History and Recall, Local and Global
Directory History, and Local and Global Aliases under the ALIAS command.
Options
/U: (Unload) Shuts down SHRALIAS.EXE. If SHRALIAS is not loaded
again, the memory used by global command history, directory
history, and alias lists will be released when the last copy
of CMD.EXE exits.
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