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Date:      Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:18:06 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Dave <dmehler26@woh.rr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sftp and tab completion
Message-ID:  <44tzt51h41.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <002501c7adee$30418350$0200a8c0@satellite> (Dave's message of "Wed\, 13 Jun 2007 15\:08\:12 -0400")
References:  <002501c7adee$30418350$0200a8c0@satellite>

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"Dave" <dmehler26@woh.rr.com> writes:
>    I've got a simple question. Does sftp, the one that comes with
> FreeBSD 6.2's openssh, do tab completion? I've read that it could, but
> it isn't working here. I've got bash3 set up as my shell which seemed
> to matter. Also, when hitting a backspace in sftp i get a ^h and the
> command is invalidated as a result.

The last point is probably a terminal issue rather than shell.
Whether tab completion is supported at all is something I'd
never considered before, but I see some indications that it 
might require specific configuration at build time...



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