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RE: /cygdrive command line completion?
- From: "Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:44:22 -0000
- Subject: RE: /cygdrive command line completion?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor
> Sent: 11 November 2004 17:18
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 05:10:50PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Raye Raskin
> >> Sent: 11 November 2004 17:08
> >
> >> Is this a FAQ? Can't find it.
> >>
> >> How do I get /cygdrive to auto-complete on the command line?
> >
> >
> >mkdir /cygdrive
> >
> >WFM, anyway.
>
> If you type
>
> ls /cygdrive/<tab>
>
> it should just work without creating the directory.
Ah, didn't guess that. I had tried "ls /cygdrive<tab>" and it didn't work,
so....
> The directory is only necessary if you want to do:
>
> ls /cyg<tab>
>
> and have the "drive" part added.
Unfortunately, the presence of cygwin.bat and cygwin.ico in the root tend to
make a mess of that, and even making them both non-executable doesn't help.
cheers,
DaveK
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