Re: *shell* TAB *Completions* fooled by $PWD/

[David Kastrup]

kevinr@ihs.com (Kevin Rodgers) writes:

> David Kastrup wrote:
> 
> > miles@gnu.org (Miles Bader) writes:
> >>David.Kastrup@t-online.de (David Kastrup) writes:
> >>> Well, perhaps one could make C-u TAB ask the shell itself for
> >>> an update on the shell's environment in some manner?
> >>
> >>and I suspect that very few people are bitten by it (the sort of
> >>person who uses env vars like that is also usually clueful enough to
> >>realize why it won't work in some cases).
> >>
> >>We can add a hack for PWD if that makes people feel fuzzy.
> >>
> > Don't think that would be much needed: after all, one can use ~
> > expansion instead.
> 
> What does PWD have to do with ~?

Nothing.  I confused this with HOME.  But you could use ./, or even
`pwd`.

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