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Re: Alias for a dynamic variable?

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Alias for a dynamic variable?
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:10:59 +0100
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zzapper wrote:
> Hi
> How can I have a (Global) alias for a dynamic variable such as $OLDPWD 

Not sure I understand the question, but you can have a global alias by
having a global alias... here's one with $SECONDS...

% alias -g s='$SECONDS'
% echo s
184291.9458320000
% echo s
184293.7045900000
% echo s
184294.6965270000

(I have "typeset -F SECONDS" in my .zshrc.)

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