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I've read the manpage for bash and think it should work like described in the Howto.
By default $CDPATH is not set, is this correct?
Now I have
Code:
CDPATH=$CDPATH:/tmp/
put in my .bashrc.
Code:
markus@samsung:~$ echo $CDPATH
:/tmp/
After sourcing .bashrc I thought that I could cd into directories in /tmp/ with only the name of the directory, but this doesn't work. I have also tried it with directories in my ~/ directory, this doesn't work as well.
I think you've nailed it. It looks like the CDPATH variable itself does not provide TAB completion. It will correctly cd into a said directory as long as you remember its exact name, eg:
Code:
cd build-trayer[Enter]
but to get the TAB completion you do need to install bash-completion.
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