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Re: File Completion doesn't work for absolute path?
- To: "Weichang Yang" <weichang dot yang at metera dot com>
- Subject: Re: File Completion doesn't work for absolute path?
- From: Andrew Markebo <flognat at flognat dot myip dot org>
- Date: 11 May 2001 23:30:29 +0200
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- References: <FBEDIDPFBPBGJDLMCANPCEMMCDAA.weichang.yang@metera.com>
/ "Weichang Yang" <weichang.yang@metera.com> wrote:
| Hi All,
|
| In cygwin bash, file completion works for relative path, e.g.
| $ cd path1/path2/pa<tab>
| works fine. But, it doesn't work for absolute path, e.g.
| $ cd d:/path1/path2/pa<tab>
| wont work.
|
| Any one knows why? Is it more difficult for absolute path than for relative
| path? Is it because the drive letter?
You need to do cd //d/path1/path2, or '/cygdrive/c/Path..
FAQ http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC33
/Andy
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