From: Michael Edgar <adgar@...>
Date: 2011-06-18T03:31:20+09:00
Subject: Re: get execution name of program

On Jun 17, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Chad Perrin wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 03:03:50AM +0900, Michael Edgar wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> In bash, `alias` is a builtin; these aliases are expanded by the shell
>> before the program begins execution. I'm afraid what you wish for is
>> not feasible.
> 
> I was afraid of that.  Thanks.

If you're desperate, you may find a way to interrogate bash as to its
current settings/aliases. You could then look at ARGV and find all
matching aliases. You'd always have ambiguity between an alias vs.
the expanded form, but you might be able to show an alias was not
used.

Michael Edgar
adgar@carboni.ca
http://carboni.ca/