Bash tab completion for batch files

Bash tab completion for batch files

[Grant Lewis]

I’m running latest Cygwin under a Windows 10 VM. Tab completion for batch files is not functioning. I have the bash-completion package installed. Batch file completion does work under the zsh. Is there anything I can do to get it working under the bash shell?

 

Thanks,

Grant


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Re: Bash tab completion for batch files

[Eliot Moss]

On 1/21/2018 4:35 AM, Grant Lewis wrote:
> I’m running latest Cygwin under a Windows 10 VM. Tab completion for batch files is not functioning. I have the bash-completion package installed. Batch file completion does work under the zsh. Is there anything I can do to get it working under the bash shell?

.bat complete for me under cygwin bash - provided that appear to
have x permission set from cygwin's point of view.

What does ls -l show for permissions on you .bat file under cygwin?

(I can't speak for zsh ...)

Regards - Eliot Moss

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Re: Bash tab completion for batch files

[Grant Lewis]

Yeah, all the permissions are 644 on the batch files. In my particular case,

the folder in question is a VMware shared folder from my host with a symbolic

link under Windows to a project folder under the C: drive. I tried changing the

permissions to 755 on my Mac host but they persist as 644 under Cygwin.

I suspect the tab completion is related to the permissions on the files, but

I can’t change them under Cygwin. My temporary fix is creating a symbolic

link under Cygwin.

 

Thanks,

Grant


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