F12: bash-completion issues?

[Daniel B. Thurman]

On 08/12/2010 06:45 PM, Mikkel wrote:
> On 08/12/2010 07:16 PM, JD wrote:
>   
>>   On 08/12/2010 05:07 PM, Mikkel wrote:
>>     
>>> Normally does not search the current directory - it searches you
>>> executable search path for an executable starting with List.
>>>       
>> Not exactly. If your executable search path includes . (dot)
>> then if you have an executable file in .  and it's name starts
>> with the string preceding the tab, then it will be completed
>> with that  filename.
>> If there are other files in your search PATH wthat also start
>> with that string, they will be listed as well.
>>
>>     
> Thats why I said normally - the default executable does not include
> . - you have to add it. There are a lot of users that here will tell
> you it is a bad idea to include it. If you do include it, then it is
> a good idea to put it at the end of the search path.
>
> Mikkel
>   
Right.  I don't intend to include '.' in the exec path.