On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Isaac Atilano wrote: > Use a shell variable. > In bash: export vhome=/usr/users/User37/olwe Then he'd do things such as this: cd $vhome mv junk $vhome/whatever Which works great. If it will be used a lot, you might want to stick with just "v" instead of "vhome". The first idea was to use an alias: > alias vhome="/usr/users/User37/olwe" But that will make "vhome" a command, but it isn't a command that will do anything. This would be a better idea: alias cdv="cd /usr/users/User37/olwe" The command "cd" without arguments puts you in your home directory and the command "cdv" without aruments puts you in your virtual home directory. Mike