QNX 6.1 - typing tab to complete paths

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On Linux and other Unix systems, when you start to type a path to a file,
pressing the Tab key will cause it to try and auto-complete the full path.
On QNX 6.1, is there a way to enable this behavior? Without it, typing out
long path names is tedious.

Thanks,
David

2

Use the bash shell.

Jens


“David Whiteman” <David_Whiteman@oti.com> wrote in message
news:aqguhl$9ul$1@nntp.qnx.com…

On Linux and other Unix systems, when you start to type a path to a file,
pressing the Tab key will cause it to try and auto-complete the full path.
On QNX 6.1, is there a way to enable this behavior? Without it, typing
out
long path names is tedious.

Thanks,
David

3

Or if using the korn shell:

In your ~/.profile:
export ENV=$HOME/.kshrc

And in your $HOME/.kshrc:
case $- in
i)
bind ^i=complete
esac

Or use

-seanb



Jens H Jorgensen <jhj@remove-nospam-videk.com> wrote:

Use the bash shell.

Jens



“David Whiteman” <> David_Whiteman@oti.com> > wrote in message
news:aqguhl$9ul$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …
On Linux and other Unix systems, when you start to type a path to a file,
pressing the Tab key will cause it to try and auto-complete the full path.
On QNX 6.1, is there a way to enable this behavior? Without it, typing
out
long path names is tedious.

Thanks,
David

4

Thanks - I was already set up to use korn shell, and this did exactly what I
needed!

“Sean Boudreau” <seanb@node25.ott.qnx.com> wrote in message
news:aqh0ok$b38$1@nntp.qnx.com…

Or if using the korn shell:

In your ~/.profile:
export ENV=$HOME/.kshrc

And in your $HOME/.kshrc:
case $- in
i)
bind ^i=complete
esac

Or use <ESC

-seanb

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David Whiteman <David_Whiteman@oti.com> wrote:

Thanks - I was already set up to use korn shell, and this did exactly what I
needed!

And if you hadn’t changed this… Esc-Esc is the default binding in ksh
for file-complete.

You can also get executable completion (searches path) and lots of other
fun stuff.

-David


“Sean Boudreau” <> seanb@node25.ott.qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:aqh0ok$b38$> 1@nntp.qnx.com> …

Or if using the korn shell:

In your ~/.profile:
export ENV=$HOME/.kshrc

And in your $HOME/.kshrc:
case $- in
i)
bind ^i=complete
esac

Or use <ESC

-seanb

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