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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 16:26:08 -0500
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From: Chris Abbey <cabbey AT bresnanlink DOT net>
Subject: Re: bash 2.04.0(1) does not complete /cygdrive ?
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At 21:57 10/18/00 +0300, Jari Aalto+list.cygwin wrote:

>     GNU bash, version 2.04.0(1)-release (i586-pc-cygwin)
>
>     I was under the impression that bash would certainly recognize
>     the /cygdrive/x/....  but it doesn't. The TAB key is dead if
>     I try:
>
>         $ cd /cygd[TAB]
>         $ cd /cygdrive/[TAB]
>
>     I think this is a bug or unimplemented feature.
>
>     Jari

non-existent feature. feel free to submit a patch to gnu for bash.

The "problem" is that it only looks in the filesystem for potential
tab completion answers, not in the mount table, and certainly not in
a synthetic mount table like /cygdrive/. I would suspect you can
work around this the same way as I do for most of my other mount
points in / by creating an empty file with the same name. note that
the standard POSIX "touch the file" mentality won't work, this needs
to be done in windows explorer. Simply open c:\cygwin\ (or whatever)
and rightclick, choose new -> text document, type the mountpoint's name
for the filename, then say yes to changing the extension (if you're
asked). Repeat for all mount points. Most file tools will correctly
see this "file" as a directory. Cygdrive, however, is a bit different...
to get the most natural behaviour, create a directory named cygdrive
(again in windows explorer) then within that create directories for
each of your drives... this will allow the same rapid tab completion
as you would get for any other directory. (yes, I actually would type
it as: 'cd /cygd<tab>d<tab>win<tab>' in order to get 'cd /cygdrive/d/winnt'
because, for me at least, tab is easier to hit at full speed than /
is.)


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