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Linda Walsh <bash@tlinx.org> writes:

> in bash 4.3.39,
> if I type a command, (like "."(source)) and a relative path
> like : ../conf<complete>,
> it expands the relative pathname to absolute pathnames.

Worksforme.  Make sure to run complete -r first.

Andreas.

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