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Re: When cd'd into a symlinked directory, directory completion can somet
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: When cd'd into a symlinked directory, directory completion can sometimes erroneously parse ../ |
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Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:45:59 -0500 |
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On 2/5/13 10:23 PM, i336 wrote:
> Do:
>
> mkdir <test name here>
> cd <the above>
> mkdir -p dir1/dir2
> ln -s dir1/dir2 ouch
> touch idontexist
> ls # ^ to see dir & files & prove they really exist :P
> cd ouch
> ls ../ido<press tab>
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> ...<and now press enter>
Filename completion uses whatever file system view -- logical or physical
-- that you have selected for bash. The default is a logical view. `ls',
on the other hand, doesn't know anything about that. This is not solvable
unless you decide to use a physical view consistently (set -o physical).
Chet
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Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU chet@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/