Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/03/20/20:45:24
robert_neville310 wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:15:58 -0700, Brian Dessent
> wrote:
>
>
>> ...are you in ~/bin when you try to tab-complete ./myscript.sh? If you
>> are in ~, then the path would be bin/myscript.sh, not ./myscript.sh.
>> (Does trying to complete the full path (~/bin/myscript.sh) work?)
>
>>> ~ $ .~/bin/myscript<DOES NOT complete>
>>> cygdrive/g/ $ ./myscript<DOES NOT complete>
>> Huh? Are you just trying random things? Neither of those should
>> complete because they're invalid. "." means the current directory. So,
>> typing ./foo means "a file named foo in the current directory", and if
>> you're in /cygdrive/g there is no such file myscript.sh, thus nothing to
>> complete. .~/bin is even more nonsensical.
>>
> Yes, I am trying random things in response to the previous poster. It
> may lead me to a better understanding of the issue; most of the time
> it sends me on a tangent.
>
If you believe that previous poster was me, then I think you misunderstood
me. In any case, please stop trying random things and embarking on
tangents. None of that is likely to be helpful to anyone.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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