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Re: Incorrect path canonicalisation at autocompletion

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  Re: Incorrect path canonicalisation at autocompletion Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2018-12-03 09:58 -0500

#14884 — Re: Incorrect path canonicalisation at autocompletion

On 12/3/18 9:49 AM, Mattias Andrée wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 09:33:48 -0500
> Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/1/18 3:12 PM, Mattias Andrée wrote:
>>> Using Bash 4.4.023, type
>>>
>>> 	cd
>>> 	mkdir -p 1/2
>>> 	cd 1/2
>>> 	touch ../../3
>>> 	ln -s ~ 4
>>> 	touch 5
>>> 	ls 4/../
>>>
>>> without pressing enter at the last line,
>>> instead press <tab> twice. 4/ and 5 will
>>> be suggested, but if you press <enter>
>>> you will see that it should suggest the> files in /home.  
>>
>> It's not a bug. Bash maintains a logical view of the file system and the
>> current directory for cd, pwd, and $PWD, as Posix specifies.  One of the
>> consequences is that the pathname of the current directory depends on the
>> path used to reach it, which affects how bash canonicalizes `..'. Bash is
>> consistent in  its use of this logical view across shell features, which
>> includes completion.
>>
>> If you want to see a physical view of the file system, use
>> `set -o physical'.
>>
> 
> Is there a way to only get physical view for
> completion but logical view for cd, pwd, and $PWD?

You can by using set -o physical within a completion function or running
with set -o physical all the time and using `cd -L' and `pwd -L'.

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