On 7/16/13 5:04 PM, Mark W. Johnson wrote:
> From: mwjohnso
> To: bug-bash@gnu.org
> Subject: cd completion using aliased cd command
>
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: i686
> OS: cygwin
> Compiler: gcc-4
> Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash.exe' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='cygwin' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-cygwin' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc'
> -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> -DRECYCLES_PIDS -I. -I/usr/src/bash-4.1.10-4/src/bash-4.1
> -I/usr/src/bash-4.1.10-4/src/bash-4.1/include
> -I/usr/src/bash-4.1.10-4/src/bash-4.1/lib -I/usr/include/ncursesw -g -O2
> -pipe
> uname output: CYGWIN_NT-6.1 PC0009233 1.7.21(0.267/5/3) 2013-07-15 12:17 i686
> Cygwin
> Machine Type: i686-pc-cygwin
>
> Bash Version: 4.1
> Patch Level: 10
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
>
> I've just now updated my cygwin and now the tab completion for
> cd gives me:
>
> bash: cd: cd: No such file or directory
> bash: [: too many arguments
> bash: cd: cd: No such file or directory
>
> I've simplified the flow to the below. If I try to tab
> complete on _cd <tab-complete> all works OK. Seems to have
> something to do with tab completion using the alias of cd.
> I've been using similar code for nearly 20 years all the way
> back to ksh, with never a problem until now.
>
>
> Repeat-By:
>
> alias cd=_cd
> function cd { \cd "$@"; }
>
> cd <tab-complete>
>
> I get the message:
>
> bash: cd: cd: No such file or directory
> bash: [: too many arguments
> bash: cd: cd: No such file or directory
It would help if you included the completion spec you're using for cd, or
maybe enabled `set -x' before trying tab completion.
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