I got the advice on this support queue to use drush rsync and drush sql_sync last year and occasionally, when I want to be masochistic, I go back and try to get the site aliases set up (again)! On Windows.
My latest attempt has come to this:

I have an aliasname.alias.drushrc.php file saved in my site's sites/all/drush folder. When I go to the root of this site [m:/drupalista] and type drush sa I get the contents of aforementioned file twice i.e.:

M:\drupalista>drush sa
$options['uri'] = 'http://localhost:8080/drupalista/',
$options['root'] = 'm:/drupalista';
$options['uri'] = 'http://localhost:8080/drupalista/',
$options['root'] = 'm:/drupalista';
@none
@self
default

Can someone help me with some insight into why this is happening? I assume I should just get

M:\drupalista>drush sa
@drupalista
@none
@self
default

I must be misunderstanding something.

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Anthony Stefan Maciejowski

www.Tony-Mac.com