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Re: Incorrect path canonicalisation at autocompletion
From: |
Mattias Andrée |
Subject: |
Re: Incorrect path canonicalisation at autocompletion |
Date: |
Mon, 3 Dec 2018 15:49:08 +0100 |
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On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 09:33:48 -0500
Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
> On 12/1/18 3:12 PM, Mattias Andrée wrote:
> > Using Bash 4.4.023, type
> >
> > cd
> > mkdir -p 1/2
> > cd 1/2
> > touch ../../3
> > ln -s ~ 4
> > touch 5
> > ls 4/../
> >
> > without pressing enter at the last line,
> > instead press <tab> twice. 4/ and 5 will
> > be suggested, but if you press <enter>
> > you will see that it should suggest the> files in /home.
>
> It's not a bug. Bash maintains a logical view of the file system and the
> current directory for cd, pwd, and $PWD, as Posix specifies. One of the
> consequences is that the pathname of the current directory depends on the
> path used to reach it, which affects how bash canonicalizes `..'. Bash is
> consistent in its use of this logical view across shell features, which
> includes completion.
>
> If you want to see a physical view of the file system, use
> `set -o physical'.
>
Is there a way to only get physical view for
completion but logical view for cd, pwd, and $PWD?