Re: /cygdrive command line completion?

["Raye Raskin" <rayer at pobox dot com>]

> > >> Is this a FAQ?  Can't find it.
> > >> 
> > >> How do I get /cygdrive to auto-complete on the command line?
> > >
> > >
> > >mkdir /cygdrive
> > >
> > >WFM, anyway.

WFM, too.  Thanks.

> > If you type
> >
> >   ls /cygdrive/<tab>
> >
> > it should just work without creating the directory.  

Ha! The whole point was to avoid having to type /cygdrive !
This won't work for me anyway since I have 'c' and 'd' drives.

>  Ah, didn't guess that.  I had tried "ls /cygdrive<tab>" and it didn't work,
> so....
>
> > The directory is only necessary if you want to do:
> >
> >   ls /cyg<tab>
> >
> > and have the "drive" part added.
>
>  Unfortunately, the presence of cygwin.bat and cygwin.ico in the root tend to
> make a mess of that, and even making them both non-executable doesn't help.

Rename cygwin.bat to Cygwin.bat and cygwin.ico to Cygwin.ico.

WFM, anyway. ;-)

Raye.

>    cheers, 
>      DaveK


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