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Date:	Tue, 19 Apr 2005 07:28:36 -0400
From:	Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: Interactive windows programs and cygwin sshd: tab completion
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Tom,

On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 12:18:31PM +0100, Tom Schutzer-Weissmann wrote:
> The problem is that things like command history and tab completion
> don't work in Windows terminals with Cygwin sshd. Is there anything I
> can do about this?

AFAICT, no.  BTW, if you search the archive, then you will see this is a
well known problem.

> I need Windows Python (IPython actually, which is why tab completion is
> so handy) in order to use COM and WMI for server administration.

Although interactive use will not work, you should be able to run
scripts (which do not prompt).  Can you develop locally and run
remotely?

Jason

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