Subject: Re: strange directory after 1.4 upgrade
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/01/1999 15:05:51
Geoff Wing wrote:
> Tab autocompletion vs shells:
>
> #include <fcntl.h>
> main() {
> int i = 0; char p[16];
> p[i++] = 4; p[i++] = 13; p[i++] = 253; p[i++] = 255; p[i++] = 127;
> p[i++] = 129; p[i++] = 130; p[i++] = 12; p[i++] = 8; p[i++] = 9;
> p[i++] = 13; p[i++] = 10; p[i++] = 11; p[i++] = 32; p[i++] = 0;
> open(p, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0600);
> }
>
> (a)sh : no tab completion
> bash 2.03: using binding menu-complete, completes incorrectly
> ksh : with a lot of effort, can work
> tcsh 6.08: can't complete without existing word, only lists?
> zsh 3.* : using option automenu, works
Ick :-) For tsch, typing:
rm ./^V^D<TAB>
resulted in rm complaining about "no such file or directory", but
rm ./^V^D*
worked. Good example :-)
Simon.