diff --git a/.znewterm b/.znewterm
index 96be615..c0d6f19 100644
--- a/.znewterm
+++ b/.znewterm
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # called both from .zlogin and .zshrc
 
 # default initialization
-if [ -f /usr/local/lib/profile-parts/term ]
+if [ -r /usr/local/lib/profile-parts/term ]
 then
-    . /usr/local/lib/profile-parts/term
+	. /usr/local/lib/profile-parts/term
 fi
 
 # terminal customization
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 16672eb..edb988d 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -11,15 +11,10 @@ alias	lo=logout
 alias	md=mkdir
 alias	pop=popd
 alias	rd=rmdir
-alias	ball='pd /usr/local/projects/ball; source s'
-alias	srcsrv='pd ~/wrk/srcservice/clients/exp'
 alias	fixsz='set noglob; eval `resize`;unset noglob'
 alias	ls='ls	-F'
 alias	ll='ls	-lFh'
 alias	la='ls	-alsF'
-alias	lc='ls	-l *.c'
-alias	ts='tail /usr/spool/mqueue/syslog'
-alias	train='pd ~/wrk/mars/train'
 
 namedir(){
 	eval "$1=~+"
@@ -33,7 +28,7 @@ pd(){
 	else
 		pushd "$@"
 	fi
-	namedir `basename $PWD | tr -cd 'A-Za-z0-9'`
+	namedir `basename $PWD | tr -cd 'A-Za-z0-9_' | sed -e 's/^[0-9]/_&/'`
 }
 
 setenv(){
@@ -41,6 +36,10 @@ setenv(){
 	export $1
 }
 
+harden(){
+	cp -p "$1" .harden.$$ && mv .harden.$$ "$1"
+}
+
 cls()	{ clear; true }
 
 source ~/.znewterm