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Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:30:41 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: TAB-completion funny with dll files
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On Apr 14 12:16, Dave Korn wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Disclaimer:  Yes, I did STFW. 'tab completion dll site:cygwin.com' just
> brings up every post there's ever been about tab completion, because 'dll'
> occurs in just about every post there's ever been on any subject on this
> list!]
> 
> 
>   Does anyone know why tab-completion doesn't work for .dll files?  I don't
> mean in the first word of a command line, I know that only completes
> filenames of executables, but generally when you're entering the args for ls
> or cp or something like that, you can tab-complete any kind of filename.
> What makes dlls so special?  

Nothing?

$ ls -l /bin/cygw<TAB>

results in

$ ls -l /bin/cygwin1.dll

in both, tcsh and bash.  So what?


Corinna

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