Re: Incorrect path canonicalisation at autocompletion

[Chet Ramey]

On 12/1/18 3:12 PM, Mattias Andrée wrote:
> Using Bash 4.4.023, type
> 
>       cd
>       mkdir -p 1/2
>       cd 1/2
>       touch ../../3
>       ln -s ~ 4
>       touch 5
>       ls 4/../
> 
> without pressing enter at the last line,
> instead press <tab> twice. 4/ and 5 will
> be suggested, but if you press <enter>
> you will see that it should suggest the> files in /home.

It's not a bug. Bash maintains a logical view of the file system and the
current directory for cd, pwd, and $PWD, as Posix specifies.  One of the
consequences is that the pathname of the current directory depends on the
path used to reach it, which affects how bash canonicalizes `..'. Bash is
consistent in  its use of this logical view across shell features, which
includes completion.

If you want to see a physical view of the file system, use
`set -o physical'.

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