File name completion in bash completes to .lnk

Andrew DeFaria ADeFaria@Salira.com
Thu Sep 11 23:57:00 GMT 2003


Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 04:34:08PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>
>> In Cygwin 1.5.3 when doing filename completion with the tab character
>> bash completes a symlink all the way to the .lnk:
>>
>> $ ls symlinked_fi<tab>
>>
>> yields
>>
>> $ ls symlinked_file.lnk
>
>
> Nope. It actually doesn't do that at all. I just tried it.

Well it just did for me!

$ ln -s /etc/passwd symlinked_file
$ ls syml<at this point I hit tab and got symlinked_file.lnk

What information can I give to you at this point?
Obligatory witty saying: Your kid may be an Honor Student, but 
<b>you're</b> still an idiot.



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