int makeAlias( char* user_input )
{
  unsigned int len, count=0, alias_len, command_len;
  if( (user_input == NULL) || ((len = strlen(user_input)) < 3) ) return -1;
  char *space, *equal, *end = (user_input+len);
  while( (space = strchr(user_input,' ')) ) {memmove(space,space+1,end-(space+1));--end;}
  len =  ((end - user_input) >  alias_limit) ? alias_limit : (end-user_input);
  user_input[len] = '\0';
  if( !(equal = strchr(user_input,'=')) ) return -1;
  alias_len = equal-user_input;
  command_len =  end - (equal+1);
  if( !command_len || !alias_len ) return -1;
  strncpy(aliases[num_aliases],user_input,alias_len);
  strncpy(alias_lookup[num_aliases],equal+1,command_len);
  ++num_aliases;
  return 1;
}