But bash doesn't know whether or not the command only respects physical
paths. You have to tell it, and `set -o physical' is the way to do
that.
Ah, I finally understood what 'set -o physical' does. Here's my updated
default programmable completion function for various commands now:
default
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> I assume my original bug is still open, though?
>>
>> I thought I answered that. If you prefer physical paths, use `set -o
>> physical' to force them.
>
> I'm not sure I understand. Whether I want to use logical paths or not
> seems independent of whether or not the c
I assume my original bug is still open, though?
I thought I answered that. If you prefer physical paths, use `set -o
physical' to force them.
I'm not sure I understand. Whether I want to use logical paths or not
seems independent of whether or not the command I'm currently typing only
resp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I assume my original bug is still open, though? One solution would be to
> be able to specify logical vs physical pathnames in programmable
> completion.
I thought I answered that. If you prefer physical paths, use
`set -o physical' to force them. The completion code
The shell's concept of a logical view of the file system (the default,
as specified by POSIX) is maintained by `cd' and communicated to other
processes via $PWD. Other processes may or may not choose to use that
information. There are environments where support for $PWD is
pervasive.
Ah, th
Kartik K. Agaram wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: i686
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu'
> -DCONF_VENDOR='pc'
> -DLO
"Kartik K. Agaram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I conclude that the 'logical path' is maintained only by the shell, not in
> the filesystem. If I'm right, then the whole notion of logical path is a
> leaky abstraction honored only by 'cd -L' (are there any others?). I would
> really like to
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i686
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc'
-DLOCALEDIR='/var/local/akkartik/akk.tmp/bas
