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Re: [feature request] completion of paths with Windows drive letters
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- To: Lapo Luchini <lapo at lapo dot it>, "Mailing List: CygWin" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:43:57 -0400
- Subject: Re: [feature request] completion of paths with Windows drive letters
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0204171046390.25861-100000@rd.incert.com>
At 11:25 AM 4/17/2002, Lapo Luchini wrote:
> > Repeat-By:
> > "ls c:/win<TAB>" should expand to your Windows directory on cygwin.
>
>Maybe I'm completely wrong but I always tought "ls d:/" was just an hack and "real use" would suppose "ls /cygdrive/d/", as havnig colons can be acceptable maybe in "ls" but not in many other programs such as "scp"...
No, you're right. Making bash support DOS-style paths is not the full
solution. Other specific utilities will still have problems, as you pointed
out. That's the reason POSIX variants of the the drive paths are
automatically provided by Cygwin.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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